http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/04/10/batting-words-around/ Deirdre Nelson - Artist in Residence Sun, 20 May 2012 18:09:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/04/10/batting-words-around/#comment-1171 tawona Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:09:34 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/04/10/batting-words-around/#comment-1171 was a really inspiring discussion of ideas, and great to revisit all the places we've been before. the expression of 'filling your hat' is derived from berry/fruit pickers using their hat as a basket. the top hat is very intersting as it is also related to the idea of taxes - stamp duty in particular. I watched a documentary recently where historians talked about stamp duty and the relationship with top hats got me interested to find out a bit more. Introduced the late 15th century as a way of paying for the ongoing war with France, stamp duty was targeted at what were seen as luxury items, which included the top hat. individual items had to be stamped to show the authorities that tax had been paid on an item, hence the phrase 'stamp duty' was a really inspiring discussion of ideas, and great to revisit all the places we’ve been before.
the expression of ‘filling your hat’ is derived from berry/fruit pickers using their hat as a basket.
the top hat is very intersting as it is also related to the idea of taxes - stamp duty in particular. I watched a documentary recently where historians talked about stamp duty and the relationship with top hats got me interested to find out a bit more. Introduced the late 15th century as a way of paying for the ongoing war with France, stamp duty was targeted at what were seen as luxury items, which included the top hat. individual items had to be stamped to show the authorities that tax had been paid on an item, hence the phrase ’stamp duty’

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