Comments on: Capper & Sons Of Gracechurch St https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-883934 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:56:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-883934 You would not find toffs like that in the East End.
Give me the Gor-blimey Cockney any day
Gary

]]> By: Rosemary Hoffman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-883687 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:10:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-883687 fascinated by the footwear !

]]> By: Hilary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-883580 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:35:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-883580 Yes,the Quorn is England’s oldest hunt and the hounds were kenneled there till 1904. Women did ride side-saddle to hunt so this is probably a very fashionable hunting outfit.

]]> By: Katherine Keenum https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-883575 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:27:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-883575 The Oxford English Dictionary gives this definition of Quorn: “The name of a celebrated hunt that meets at Quorndon (formerly Quorn) and in the surrounding area of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Also more fully Quorn Hunt.” The Quorn habit would be an outfit appropriate for wearing at the meet.

In 2012, novelist Susanna Forrest wrote about riding sidesaddle in a corset. Twenty-eight women chose to ride sidesaddle at Quorn that year. I wonder how long the skirts were?

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-883515 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:36:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-883515 I think the Quorn is the name of a hunt in Leicestershire.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-883395 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:01:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-883395 Alas! Such a great style will never return and be seen again …

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-883051 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:49:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-883051 Wonderful collection of ads, the clothes all look so smart. Valerie

]]> By: Victoria https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-882796 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:18:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-882796 I was intrigued to read the riding outfit was called capers quorn habit. I have always associated quorn with the mushroom protein. A search though on Google shows that there’s a village of Quorn in Leicestershire that was once associated with industrial knitting. So I guess that means it’s a knitted outfit. And I hadn’t realised that llama wool was available a century ago.!

]]> By: Fay Hart https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/13/capper-sons-of-gracechurch-st/#comment-882191 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:16:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=131608#comment-882191 Good to meet you this evening at Dennis Severs house I’ve subscribed and will look forward to reading your blog
Black Vicuña with silk facings !, mmmm that must have cost a pretty penny!
And a dress suit lined in silk
What fun love the drawings !
Fay
And the trees MUST stay !

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