old bangers

[Captain Kong]

I remember the Benny hat , from the TV show, Cross Roads Motel
Never ever saw one at sea.

just made our own from cloth out of the rag bag

[Captain Kong]

After the Falklands War the soldiers called the locals, `Bennies` because they wore those hats.
They were ordered Not to call them that as the locals objected.
So they started to call the locals `Stills`
Then they found out that `Stills, meant ....Still Bennies. True,

[j.sabourn]

#31... know what you mean Cappy. A similar item was the old balaclava , on the front of one of the Australian currency notes is a picture of Sir Douglas Mawson wearing such , one of the great explorers one doesn’t hear too much about , I don’t have any $50 dollar bills at the moment but suspect that is the one. The balaclava is one of the items one had to have on an apprentices list of gear. The side pieces on such If was ever worn were rolled up to make it appear to be a beany. I used to compare them with teapot warmers. how ever much we may not have liked wearing hats , it is a well known medical fact that most bodily heat disappears through the head. Maybe why some are called hotheads , they didn’t wear a beanie or cloth clap, and should have to keep all that hot air from escaping . Cheers JS

[j.sabourn]

Sir Douglas Mawson for those who don’t know could be considered an old banger and to save having a dissertion on him given out via Google , in brief.......Born 1882, knighted in1914, remains Australia’s greatest Antarctic Explorer

J.Gordon Hayes assessment in 1928.
Judged by the scale and of its achievements, was the greatest and most consummate expedition that ever sailed for Antarctica . The expeditions of Scott and Shackleton were great, and Amundsens venture was the finest Polar reconnnaissance ever made, but each of these must yield the premier position, when fairlly compared with Mawson magnificently conceived and executed scheme of exploration.

[Doc Vernon]

Those sort of Caps as described by cappy, were also worn by our Fisherman Years ago on the Trawlers at Walvis Bay . Forget what they used to call them though, they had some some Afrikaans word ?? Must sit and think what it was, or ask my Sister or Nephew.
Cheers