“The Tilted Hats”. RPPC. Private Collection.
The first person who attracted my attention was the gent in the bowler, I love the way he tilted his head in the opposite direction of the hat. And then I noticed his friends; the charming one next to him tilting his head too, and the others with the hat sideways or to the back.
I don’t think I have a favorite in this group; they all took a good picture. There must have been a joke or two about how the camera made the tough looking middle one quite blurry, and I think his nose was broken too.
And the front left nature boy with his neck scarf, undone collar and cane reminiscent of a branch. The teen to the front right looks like he was the younger brother of the one standing left.
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All in all, a fine Edwardian group who must have made quite an impression! And with them goes one year of blogging on WordPress with 416 posts!
RPPC: AZO triangles, 1904-1918
Bowlers And High Collars 
March 21st, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Congratulation, hopefully the next will just as productive
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March 21st, 2016 at 12:40 pm
I think so, and thank you! I learned so much too.
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March 21st, 2016 at 12:44 pm
Sounds good as long as the bank balance remains “balanced” lol
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March 21st, 2016 at 12:48 pm
Haha! You don’t say. I don’t even want to tally how much I spent for the whole year.
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March 21st, 2016 at 12:56 pm
I did start to but decided that it might be too incriminating although we went away last week, early birthday treat but no cards :-( however I did see a lovely Regency clock, the trouble was that we couldn’t agree a price, he would only come down to £1500 from £1850. Oh well more money for cards lol
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March 21st, 2016 at 2:08 pm
Hahaha! Funny how it all comes down to how many cards you could get. Soon you’ll be talking of them like currency. “Hm, this clock is worth about a hundred cards, will I get or not?”
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March 21st, 2016 at 2:11 pm
No where near enough 😃
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March 21st, 2016 at 2:13 pm
True. I have yet to get something over $100. This year for sure. I can see it in my stars. lol
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March 21st, 2016 at 3:32 pm
I can’t remember the most I’ve paid so far, the programmes are the most expensive although I was out bid on an autographed cabinet card which went for £83. The problem is that although probably have nearly 4,000 cards and film stills as a collection it isn’t worth much, so the contents insurance people keep telling me but as individuals they are worth much more. I told the kids that I’m giving my Gabrielle Ray collection to a museum, if they want it or they’ll have it all on ebay lol
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March 21st, 2016 at 3:37 pm
Yeah, a film museum for certain. Come to think of it I’m not aware of any dedicated to silents and early Hollywood.
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March 21st, 2016 at 3:59 pm
It may well be the Museum or Library in Stockport where Miss Ray was born although they may already have too much about her in which case it could be ebay
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March 21st, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Well, there you go! I’m a card hoarder and it’s very hard for me to let go of cards, the idea alone scares me…lol. I know I eventually will have to prune my collection.
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March 22nd, 2016 at 11:06 pm
Congrats, not just for hanging in there for twelve months but for the huge number of posts you did in that time! These guys are definitely larrikins. I think they would’ve been up to any trouble they could create or find with gusto!
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March 23rd, 2016 at 7:36 am
Haha! Yes, they do look like a handful, and self aware too! And thank you! I get into all kinds of hobbies I lose interest in, but this one is here to stay.
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