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Kenny Dixon hat

Accession Number

855.2010.1

Object Name

Kenny Dixon hat

Created

04/11/2010

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

04/11/2010

Brief Description

Woollen hat with Union Jack design

Materials

wool

Dimensions

22(diameter) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

'MADE IN AVIEMORE SCOTLAND BY KENNY DIXON SPORTSWEAR' on one label and CRAFTMADE above a triangle and circular design in green and black with the letters 'THE MARK OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND' 'K' in a blue and orange rectangle on front of hat.

Colour

red, white and blue

Maker

Kenny Dixon

Object Production Place

Scotland

Provenance

From what we can gather, Kenny Dixon was a skier, race trainer and entrepreneur who set up KD Sportswear in Aviemore in the early 1970's. These were the pre global warming days, when the Scottish Ski Industry was at its height and lots of small, peripheral industries were springing up all over the place. Janet Henderson, who donated this particular hat, has a nice story about it.
"This hat's claim to fame was during a 'Round the Island' race years ago. We'd all broken spinnakers going round The Needles and a large yacht began to pass us - Ted Heath! Lindsay went straight down and fetched his hat and wore it as we were passed"

Acquisition Method

Donated by Janet Henderson via Myrtle Simpson

Acquisition Date

04/11/2010

Condition

good

Condition Check Date

04/11/2010

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

04/11/2010

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