The World's Oldest Hat Shop | Lock and Co.

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
  • Lock & Co. Hatters is the world's oldest hat shop, the world's 34th oldest family-owned business and is a Royal warrant holder. Founded in 1676 by Robert Davis, the business has been co-run by the Lock and Stephenson family since 1801.
    The hat shop is responsible for the creation of the bowler hat, worn by Charlie Chaplin, and the bicorne hat, worn by Lord Nelson. It has a portfolio of esteemed clients, including the Queen, Oscar Wilde and Winston Churchill.

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  • @diesel1668
    @diesel1668 6 лет назад +39

    Is it just me or does Londonist feel awkwardly split between the Geoff content and the non Geoff content

    • @mindstormfan
      @mindstormfan 6 лет назад

      Its not just you.

    • @davidwho1011
      @davidwho1011 6 лет назад

      Diesel 166 It’s a good thing though. It means Londonist has two very strong “brands”.

  • @michaelgask
    @michaelgask 6 лет назад +7

    What a great video. I love these quirky places that have a huge history behind them, even though I'm highly unlikely to ever wear one of their hats :)

  • @williamw3485
    @williamw3485 6 лет назад +6

    My dream is to eventually own one of those bowlers

    • @108nighthawk
      @108nighthawk 5 лет назад +1

      Same. Just a little bit of saving I suppose, though I can see myself flipping my lid when I have to pay $40+ for shipping.

    • @ElvisSkrt
      @ElvisSkrt 5 лет назад

      Go for it, William! Good luck! I´d love to have a boater hat lile the one behind Roger Stevenson at 00:31

    • @RoopeRontu1999
      @RoopeRontu1999 5 лет назад

      William W I myself am going to visit London with my best friend at the end of the month. I'd at least want a barbershop boater hat from Lock & Co.

  • @mikebe2090
    @mikebe2090 6 лет назад +5

    Hurray more of this content on Londonist please. 👍🎩

  • @themaskedscotslass
    @themaskedscotslass 6 лет назад +5

    the business appeared in the kingsman movie

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn 5 лет назад

    Wonderful! I am going to pay them a visit!

  • @DavidGreen1993
    @DavidGreen1993 6 лет назад +29

    Isn't ancestor/descendant the other way round?

    • @IndieOctopus
      @IndieOctopus 6 лет назад +11

      Perhaps he's a time traveller who messed up

    • @docholiday1806
      @docholiday1806 6 лет назад

      David Green yes

    • @strand195
      @strand195 3 года назад

      I was just going to say… too bad they can’t tell the difference between ancestors and descendants

  • @lexanaught
    @lexanaught 6 лет назад

    Thank you RUclips, I looked at the comment section thinking every single comment would say kingsman, but it was actually less than a majority of it. Thanks to everyone that restored my faith in humanity.

  • @swimminlane3566
    @swimminlane3566 6 лет назад +1

    The Bowler brothers, Thomas and William designed the bolwer in 1849 for Lock & Co

  • @tallman11282
    @tallman11282 6 лет назад +2

    Good video. It was interesting to see a shop, especially a family owned shop, that is older than my country by a little over a hundred years.

    • @victoriajames586
      @victoriajames586 6 лет назад +3

      tallman11282 there are hundreds of really old businesses in Britain. The butcher who sold Henry VIII his meat is still in business. In my own home town there is a pub founded in 1290! You have to duck to get through the door.

  • @sirmemelord4327
    @sirmemelord4327 6 лет назад +1

    I tip m'fedora to these lads

  • @kylep120
    @kylep120 Год назад

    Purchased my flat hat there.

  • @leomontano1150
    @leomontano1150 6 лет назад

    Nice

  • @recklessroges
    @recklessroges 6 лет назад

    Going to take the Liberty to Lobb another video out about London shops?

  • @finlaycordiner3492
    @finlaycordiner3492 6 лет назад +1

    did you get a hat made for you?

  • @EdMcF1
    @EdMcF1 6 лет назад

    1' 01"-07" transposed 'descendant' and 'ancestor', but if they were the original Mad Hatters, I suppose I can forgive them.

  • @Thammarith
    @Thammarith 6 лет назад +8

    What accent is the narrator's? I kinda like it.

    • @Mr_SaltyChip
      @Mr_SaltyChip 6 лет назад +9

      Irish i think

    • @electrolinks
      @electrolinks 6 лет назад +2

      Irish. East Coast.

    • @Alan_Mac
      @Alan_Mac 6 лет назад +1

      Sounds like he's from the Irish Free State for sure rather than Ulster.

    • @Thammarith
      @Thammarith 6 лет назад

      Thank you all very much!

    • @tigurinntigrason3427
      @tigurinntigrason3427 6 лет назад +1

      English is my third-language and I often didn't understand some words he spoke, so can't say that I'm a fan

  • @Grenadier_
    @Grenadier_ 6 лет назад

    🙂👍 e x t r a o r d i n a r y

  • @spongbros
    @spongbros 6 лет назад

    _Your hat size is 4!_

  • @sampielouw
    @sampielouw 3 года назад

    Plastic tags on your products like we walked in there to rob u blind, with pins

  • @heystirke300
    @heystirke300 6 лет назад

    i got annoyed by him saying 'hass' instead of hat

  • @brastyle4041
    @brastyle4041 6 лет назад +6

    How many minutes before Geoff the wiggly mess removes this video and then reuploads it again?

  • @dvdems_0094
    @dvdems_0094 6 лет назад

    Has anyone noticed how much money the goverment has taken from the transport sector? I go to a zchool near loughtoun where there were 2 buses the 20 and 167, (there are 3,schools close to each other) they shortened the 167 so it only goes up to loughton instead of debden that has missed all 3 schools so everyone has to get the 20 does anyone get what im on about?