The peculiar heavy leather hats worn by the fish-porters in Billingsgate Market, London, weigh between five and six pounds each and cost 30s. It takes 14 hours' work to make a hat, as each one contains hundreds of nails.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20906, 13 July 1933, Page 4
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39Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20906, 13 July 1933, Page 4
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