Who enjoys a good cuppa?

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Who enjoys a good cuppa?

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12wonderY
okt 5, 2015, 5:56 pm

22wonderY
okt 5, 2015, 5:59 pm

3PawsforThought
okt 5, 2015, 7:01 pm



PS. I love the fair isle jumper Paul is wearing in >2 2wonderY:

4justjukka
okt 6, 2015, 10:51 pm

52wonderY
okt 7, 2015, 7:18 am

62wonderY
okt 8, 2015, 9:37 am

7PawsforThought
okt 8, 2015, 4:40 pm

8PawsforThought
okt 8, 2015, 4:40 pm

9PawsforThought
okt 8, 2015, 4:41 pm

10justjukka
okt 8, 2015, 6:57 pm

I think this is too much awesome for one image, but I'll post it, anyway.


http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/maggie-smith/images/25472651/title/tea-with-mussolin...

112wonderY
Redigerat: okt 11, 2015, 7:32 pm

122wonderY
okt 13, 2015, 10:41 am

132wonderY
okt 14, 2015, 4:41 pm

142wonderY
okt 14, 2015, 5:00 pm

15bnielsen
okt 14, 2015, 6:16 pm

162wonderY
okt 15, 2015, 3:24 pm

172wonderY
Redigerat: nov 29, 2018, 5:07 pm

182wonderY
okt 19, 2015, 5:13 pm



and his essay: A Nice Cup of Tea

192wonderY
nov 9, 2015, 3:59 pm

202wonderY
nov 9, 2015, 4:05 pm

212wonderY
nov 9, 2015, 4:09 pm

22dtw42
nov 29, 2015, 1:59 pm

232wonderY
nov 30, 2015, 7:22 am

24dtw42
dec 7, 2015, 4:23 am

/ahem/

252wonderY
dec 29, 2015, 3:42 pm

262wonderY
dec 29, 2015, 3:56 pm

272wonderY
dec 29, 2015, 4:12 pm

282wonderY
Redigerat: jan 20, 2016, 2:33 pm

29LolaWalser
jan 20, 2016, 3:36 pm

>27 2wonderY:

I have that picture or something VERY similar in Morton's In search of Wales. As Maira Kalman would say, SPECTACULAR hats!

302wonderY
jan 20, 2016, 3:48 pm

>29 LolaWalser:

There are two books competing for this photo to be an illustration of the first lines:

"Three nice old ladies and a criminal, who is even nicer, are discussing the war over a cup of tea. The criminal, who is the hostess, calls it a dish of tea, which shows that she comes from Caledonia, but that is not her crime." --Echoes of the War by J. M. Barrie

and

“Mrs. Katy Scudder had invited Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Jones, and Deacon Twitchel's wife to take tea with her on the afternoon of June second, A.D. 17--.
When one has a story to tell, one is always puzzled which end of it you begin at. You have a whole corps of people to introduce that you know and your reader doesn’t; and one thing so pre-supposes another, that, whichever way you turn your patchwork, the figures still seem ill-arranged. The small item which I have given will do as well as other to begin with, as it will certainly lead you to ask, “Pray, who was Mrs. Katy Scudder?” – and this will start me systematically on my story.” --The Minister's Wooing by Harriet Beecher Stowe

31LolaWalser
jan 20, 2016, 4:25 pm

Aha!



I can't decide whether this means my memory's excellent or deplorable. :)

322wonderY
jan 20, 2016, 4:29 pm

>31 LolaWalser: That is fine and wonderful.

33LolaWalser
jan 20, 2016, 6:26 pm

The caption in the book (1932, first edition) is "A vanished generation" and in the list of illustrations it says only "Photo: Frith". Seems it was one Francis Frith--googling "Francis Frith Welsh women" brings up more interesting photos, including--speaking of tea--this:

34bnielsen
jan 21, 2016, 1:35 am

I really like the look of those traffic cone hats in >27 2wonderY: But of course they must have made people wonder about the shape of the skull inside :-)

35alaudacorax
jan 21, 2016, 7:57 am

>31 LolaWalser:, >33 LolaWalser:

Um ... couple of rather odd looking photos.

>33 LolaWalser: looks like rather bad photoshopping - or, possibly, one of those oldtime fairground or seaside things where you had your photo taken with your face sticking through a hole in a decorated screen.

>31 LolaWalser: looks more like a genuine Victorian photo of Welsh women in traditional garb ... except that I can't rid myself of the suspicion that at least three of them are men in drag ...

36LolaWalser
Redigerat: jan 21, 2016, 9:26 am

>35 alaudacorax:

looks like rather bad photoshopping - or, possibly, one of those oldtime fairground or seaside things where you had your photo taken with your face sticking through a hole in a decorated screen.

And yet, apparently not...

Google it, there's tons:



A young woman in Welsh national dress, Pensarn, 1895. Francis Frith Collection / akg-images

372wonderY
jan 21, 2016, 9:26 am

I'd like to know the original reason for such a hat. They sit so high above the crown, especially as in 33left. And not all of them are tied on.

38LolaWalser
Redigerat: jan 21, 2016, 9:34 am

>37 2wonderY:

Hats take on a life of their own. :)



Two women in national dress drinking tea, Thomas Jones, ca. 1875

39LolaWalser
Redigerat: jan 21, 2016, 9:37 am

Ah, this is what I was looking for... wasn't sure whether any photos were from the 20th century:



Group of young women in Welsh national dress by Gyde of Aberystwyth (Undated, but probably taken c. 1910-1914)

For genealogy fans (and anyone who likes staring at other people's old photographs!), scroll down on this link for subject identification.

40LolaWalser
jan 21, 2016, 9:47 am

>37 2wonderY:

Do you think the hats in your picture might be the ones with the "slightly tapering crowns"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Welsh_costume

The distinctive feature of Welsh hats is the broad, stiff, flat brim and the tall crown. There were two main shapes of crown: those with drum shaped crowns were worn in north-west Wales and those with slightly tapering crowns were found in the rest of Wales. They were probably originally made of felt (known as beaver, but not necessarily made of beaver fur), but most surviving examples are of silk plush (also sometimes known as beaver) on a stiffened buckram base. A third type of hat, known as the cockle hat, was worn in the Swansea area.


Interesting to note it was a relatively recent (1840s) fashion. And short-lived.

412wonderY
Redigerat: jan 21, 2016, 10:18 am

They were obviously tea hats, according to the "historical record."

42LolaWalser
jan 21, 2016, 10:58 am

Hah, yes!

43alaudacorax
jan 22, 2016, 6:33 am

>36 LolaWalser:

Looking more carefully, I think I've figured out >33 LolaWalser:. Could what I took to be hair on the sides of their faces be bunches of black lace or similar? Especially with the girl on the left, could her real - and, presumably, very full - head of hair be all clipped-up onto the top of the head, thus giving the hat something to grip on to and giving that 'too-high' appearance?

44LolaWalser
jan 22, 2016, 1:18 pm

o i c, you thought it was hair... yeah, I saw cloth from the start.

on topic!

45alaudacorax
jan 22, 2016, 7:12 pm

>44 LolaWalser: - Don't think she was Welsh ...

46alaudacorax
jan 22, 2016, 7:21 pm

472wonderY
feb 23, 2016, 9:13 am

Hats are not a strict requirement, but...



What is on your head?

48LolaWalser
feb 23, 2016, 1:25 pm

492wonderY
apr 28, 2016, 12:28 pm

502wonderY
apr 28, 2016, 1:18 pm

Now here's a pretty one

51LolaWalser
maj 1, 2016, 6:51 pm

522wonderY
jun 2, 2016, 3:00 pm

In honor of Lotte Reiniger's birthday, I present Thumbelina and the field mouse

532wonderY
okt 20, 2016, 3:46 pm

542wonderY
okt 20, 2016, 3:51 pm

552wonderY
dec 1, 2017, 3:34 pm

More tea drinking hats

562wonderY
jan 4, 2018, 3:46 pm

572wonderY
jan 4, 2018, 3:52 pm

58rabbitprincess
jan 4, 2018, 6:53 pm

>56 2wonderY: >57 2wonderY: I strongly approve of both these messages.

59JayneCM
dec 22, 2018, 6:32 am