Hunting hats
Young Fairlynch visitor Amelia enjoyed trying out different hats from the Museum’s dressing-up box. But we could do with many more for visitors, young and old, to play with. So I composed a little plea: Hunting hats In Fairlynch Museum we’ve loads of old clothes, With buttons and ribbons and collars and bows. We’ve dresses, and trousers and many cravats, But we’ve noticed a definite shortage of hats. You can try on old jackets, occasional smocks, And even wear things like your grandmother’s frocks. But of kepis and topees and bonnets and such, We have to admit that there’s not very much. Of fedoras I fear the museum has none, And sombreros are rare: I doubt we have one. Of beanies I’m sure that I’ve never seen any. And clearly of fezzes there aren’t very many. Of Stetsons and homburgs it’s thought they are rare; Of deerstalker hats there ...