Mudlarking a Victorian Gasworks! Incredible Rare Hatpin found at East Wemyss Fife Scotland

Do you want to know how the humble Victorian hatpin became a deadly weapon? Join us and search the beautiful shores of the River Forth, and explore a Victorian Gas Works, in search of treasures and adventures!

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We have a great day with some amazing finds! An Enos Stopper, another beautiful marble and, is this our best or rarest find yet? An incredible gem from the Victorian period - a beautiful glass hatpin top! Hatpins became fashionable after bonnets, which were tied under the chin to prevent them from blowing away, fell from favour. The only down side was that the new hats were simply perched on top of the wearer's head, ready to fly off in the wind. The solution? Pin the hat in place with a long pin that passed through the wearer's hair.

These pins became notorious as weapons that could be wielded against unwanted male attentions... Of course, men didn't much care for that and so hatpins became vilified as did the women who sought to protect themselves. But, like it or not, hatpins were a tool in the female emancipation movement - they both gave woman a means to assert authority over who got close to them, at least a little, and they made men rethink female fragility while the emancipation movement grew in force.

Sadly, hatpins became the subject of legislation following a spate of deaths in which the humble hatpin was found to be the deadly weapon at the scene. Hatpins eventually fell from favour when women entered the workforce while men served in the armed forces. They were dealt a further blow in the 1960s when young women found they had more disposable income than their parents - as the youth of the day were not big hat wearers, the hatpin declined yet more... When the church changed its dress code in the late 1960s, the hatpin became the fashion exception in place of the rule it once was!



This wee gem is a real stand out find for us! Its the first one we found and it found its way to us by pure chance!

The Gas Works
Long before natural gas was found below the North Sea, gas was manufactured in factories like the one that used to stand here on the shore of the River Forth. Gas was made from coal, through an abstractive process using heat and distillation. Coal gas must be scrubbed to remove toxins, before it was stored in large cylinders that were once a feature along the motorways and hidden away in towns throughout the UK.


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