At what age does someone become old and start wearing flat caps and a scarf

[Accy cyclist]

I started wearing flat caps about 10 years ago. One had been left on the hat stand in my local pub. It was there for months unclaimed, so the landlady said I might like it. Up till then I was a baseball cap wearer. I thought flat caps were a bit old manish, but after a few wears I liked the cap and then went onto buy many more. From flat caps I progressed to fedoras, but still wear flat caps on very windy days, as fedoras tend to embarrassingly blow off the head. As for scarves, I've worn scarves since my youth as a football fan wearing Blackburn Rovers scarves. I have many now and wear them almost every day from September through till early May. I even wear scarves in the summer, but those tend to be silk, not wool.

 

[classic33]

Only on the western side of the Pennines!

There used to be a clog-maker not far from Todmorden, that exported all of its produce over the border into the 'badlands' (Lancashire)

Walkley Clogs, Mytholmroyd.
On the opposite side of Hebden Bridge to Todmorden.

Still there.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Walkley Clogs, Mytholmroyd.
On the opposite side of Hebden Bridge to Todmorden.

Still there.

https://www.clogs.co.uk/
Didn't it used to be on the main road between the 2, backing onto the Canal??

 

[classic33]

https://www.clogs.co.uk/
Didn't it used to be on the main road between the 2, backing onto the Canal??

Used to be, a trip by canal, from Hebden Bridge used to get you there. Now it's further out.

 

[slowmotion]

nowt wrong with a flat cap and muffler, when you take the whippet for a walk to the pub,

.....and get him a half of Mild to drink.......

 

[Sharky]

What did the scarf say to the flat cap?

Spoiler: ?????

You go on ahead, I'll hang around

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[tyred]

Scarves are very practical items of clothing.

You can use it as a tow rope if your car breaks down.

 

[BoldonLad]

Scarves are very practical items of clothing.

You can use it as a tow rope if your car breaks down.

Not an item of clothing I wear, personally, but, I am told a pair of ladies nylon tights can be equally useful as a temporary fan-belt

 

[cyberknight]

i was wearing flap caps in my 30s , as a milkman i had a couple of rain resistant ones for when the weather was fun .

 

[palinurus]

I wore a flat cap for a while in my 30s. Was at an open mic and told this guitarist I knew that I liked his hat and he put it on my head. A while later a French guy- one of Ms P's friends who was visiting- told me he liked my hat so I gave it to him. That hat suited the atmosphere of that evening, it was foggy and we were walking back from somewhere through long streets of small terraced houses*. 'Which way is the mine?' he said. I hope that hat kept going around...

*In Watford.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

 

[fossyant]

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Noooo

 

[steveindenmark]

What is considered to be "really old" and who is making that distinction?

I am 66 and feel like 40. It is not the number of years. It is your outlook and how you look after yourself.

I am still walking and riding long distance. Still looking for new things to do and places to visit.

Of course I have aching joints occasionally. But I have done sports all my life, I yomped up hills with heavy packs with the army for 12 years. I have broken both arms and legs, plus a few fingers. I was bound to have started wearing out at some point. A 45 minute afternoon power nap is now something I look forward to. I wish I had heard about that in my 40s.

But a flat cap. Its never going to happen. I still work every day of the year in shorts and t shirt and I live in Denmark. 🙂

 

[BoldonLad]

What is considered to be "really old" and who is making that distinction?

I am 66 and feel like 40. It is not the number of years. It is your outlook and how you look after yourself.

I am still walking and riding long distance. Still looking for new things to do and places to visit.

Of course I have aching joints occasionally. But I have done sports all my life, I yomped up hills with heavy packs with the army for 12 years. I have broken both arms and legs, plus a few fingers. I was bound to have started wearing out at some point. A 45 minute afternoon power nap is now something I look forward to. I wish I had heard about that in my 40s.

But a flat cap. Its never going to happen. I still work every day of the year in shorts and t shirt and I live in Denmark. 🙂

Exactly my view, although, at 76 going on 77 I have slowed down a bit more than you! 😊