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Happy National Hat Day!
Earlier this year, I got an email from Lock & Co that because of the pandemic they shut down for the first time in their history. I wrote this, and thought I'd share here on Nat. Hat Day for fellow hat lovers. Also, a pic of me in my new Stetson. I'm happy to say Lock has reopened.
A MESSAGE FROM ST. JAMES STREET
My hatter from London wrote to tell me
Three hundred-plus years and the shop sign says “SHUT.”
Nothing before this has caused them to close
Not Waterloo nor George Washington nor
Two World Wars. The Great Depression? Open.
Something this tiny, a viral eyelet
Has shut-tight the shop where Churchill once stood
Trying on hats whilst the Blitz raged outside.
Pilgrims now wonder when they can return
To stand there like Winston, flashing the “V”
And begin counting years all over again.
Earlier this year, I got an email from Lock & Co that because of the pandemic they shut down for the first time in their history. I wrote this, and thought I'd share here on Nat. Hat Day for fellow hat lovers. Also, a pic of me in my new Stetson. I'm happy to say Lock has reopened.
A MESSAGE FROM ST. JAMES STREET
My hatter from London wrote to tell me
Three hundred-plus years and the shop sign says “SHUT.”
Nothing before this has caused them to close
Not Waterloo nor George Washington nor
Two World Wars. The Great Depression? Open.
Something this tiny, a viral eyelet
Has shut-tight the shop where Churchill once stood
Trying on hats whilst the Blitz raged outside.
Pilgrims now wonder when they can return
To stand there like Winston, flashing the “V”
And begin counting years all over again.
