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The Glasgow Hat

That's yon pointy hat that sits on tap of auld Duke Wellington's napper

About Me


The Glasgow Hat is the designer and procurer of exclusive traffic cone party hats. The Glasgow Hat undertakes such an endeavour in honour of the traffic cone which resides from time to time on the head of the Duke of Wellington statue stationed outside the entrance to the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art (GoMA) at Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow.
'Hatting' the Duke (and occasionally the Duke's horse, or even both together) is undeniably an established Glasgow tradition. Years ago, when we started researching the origins of the Hat, we thought it began in the early 1980s. Soon we found witnesses to the Hat in the 70s. Recently, while wearing a Glasgow Hat at Glasgow airport, one of our city operatives was approached by an elderly man who testified of the Duke's traffic cone hat appearing even as far back as the 50s and 60s. Despite the new lift machinery of the Glasgow City Council Land Services and the daily removal of the Hat, the 'Glasgow Hat' remains both a cultural icon and a noticeable practice today. Join the fun today and buy your very own original, exclusive and very limited Glasgow Hat. Don't forget to send us a picture! x

My Interests

BUY A GLASGOW HAT

OTHER STOCKISTS

1. Papyrus, Buchanan Galleries
2. Papyrus, Byres Road

(contact us to stock/ sell our hats)

MAPS
street map
satellite image

I'd like to meet:

Dookies are fans of the Duke. We have included a selection of some Dookies from the past year below. The first slide represents a recent trip to Africa and some local Dookies delighted at the pleasure a simple Glasgow Hat brought to their day. Why not brighten up the day of your loved ones by sending them a Glasgow Hat?


More Dookies enjoying their Glasgow Hats: More Dookies enjoying their Glasgow Hats: -- email The Hat

Robert Peel:

We are always thankful to those who help keep an eye out for Glasgow Hat activity. One of our friends found the following cartoon on toothpastefordinner.com...

Another found this delightful reference in the work of local illustrator, Stefania Treta ([email protected])

Music:

STOCKISTS - LIMITED STOCK!
Papyrus, Buchanan Galleries
Papyrus, Byres Road
Pure Dead Brilliant Tours Ltd

(contact us if you wish to stock our hats)

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Movies:


OTHER ITEMS TO ENJOY

Buy Micheal Murray artwork

Television:

The old cone has made a few noticable appearances in film, TV and video over the years, such as:

1. Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit, video
2. Hot Fuzz, film
3. The Simpsons (Movie), film (2007)
4. MTV / TMF teaser (April 2008)

Then there have been the appearances in general advertisement media, such as:

1. Scottish Widows, Graduate Mortgage ad, 2005

2. Yellow Pages, Glasgow pic comp ad, Spring 2005

3. One Directory, 2006

4. 62266, general ad, 2006

5. Lambert Smith Hampton, general ad, 2007

6. I-On Glasgow, March 2008

7. The Glasgow Herald, competition 2008

CAPTION COMPETITION

"Geez! How am I supposed to poop on that?"

Congratulations to Nuala Nu, winner of our 2007 caption competition"

Books:

GENERAL INTERESTS: Glasgow, Gifts, Souvenirs, Party Wear, Party Hat, Festivals, Events, Stag Parties, Hen Nights, Fancy Dress, Novelty Hat, Headgear, Scottish Humour, Sports Events, Glasgow icons, Scotland.

My Blog

Submitting photographs / videos to The Glasgow Hat gallery...

To submit please send us an email with the photo (.jpg) attached to [email protected] Please include your name, your town's name and brief details about the picture. You can also send your pi...
Posted by The Glasgow Hat ® on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:12:00 PST

Customised Glasgow Hats

If you need customised Glasgow Hats for your party, event or night out, please contact us on [email protected]. Subject "Glasgow Hat".
Posted by The Glasgow Hat ® on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:55:00 PST