Lecture about the hat making industry in England and in Stockport. History of hats as statements from Crowns to Top Hats. Determines your place in society, status now conferred by the motor car. The history of felt manufacture in Europe and England. Beaver fur production. Felting described. Stockport hat production, equipment and technique. Journeymen workers. Stockport hatters needed cash so created new banks in the area and develops banking industry. Journeymen workers illegal unionisation.
