Top hat makers, brothers Ray (left) and Derek Corn, at their workshop in Amelia Street, London. The Top Hat is 200 years old on Monday, Jan 13. It was first worn by John Hetherington, a hat-maker in the Strand, who was arrested, and charged with causing a breach of the peace by wearing a tall structure having a shiny lustre calculated to alarm timid people. He was bound over in the sum of 500 - equivalent of 13,500 in today's money - not to repeat the offence. Photo by Rebecca Naden. See PA Story CONSUMER Top Hat.

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1536 x 1038 px | 26 x 17.6 cm | 10.2 x 6.9 inches | 150dpi

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12 January 1997

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