That Hat. That Hat. Where Did you Get That Hat?

 


My Fairfield Grammar School  (Bristol U.K.) School Cap.  The crown is a bit flattened since the cap has been buried in my treasure box for lo so many years.


Girls also had a School Hat -  I seem to remember that they were brimmed, and also bore the School Motto.

QUANTI EST SAPERE.      HOW VALUABLE IS WISDOM.

We were obliged to wear the hat on our journeys to and from school: whether walking, cycling or taking the 'bus. 

I suspect that this rule was designed to remind us to behave, and thereby not bring the School into disrepute. 

Here is the kicker.  Certain pupils in the lower and upper sixth forms were designated as "Prefects".  

They had the authority  to "write us up" should they see us hatless on our journeys to and from school.  (The Prisoners became the Gaolers/Jailers.)

We also had school ties.  

Here is mine as it adorns the neck of OSCAR one of the two table sized Pink Flamingos which my friend Prof. Ann Albritton sent me as a gag gift,



Old Fairfieldians will note another of my long term Bristol interests.



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