Bowler Hats

The story of the Bowler Hat factory at Conte, near Amiens in northern France appeared in this Post, and in Issue 30 of the Newsletter. Photos from the article are below.

**Mural of the Battersby Bowler Hat Factory**

**A Row of 8 English style, semi-detached houses built in the Rue des Ecoles for the English workers at the Battersby Hat Factory**

**Workers Outside the Battersby Chapellerie**

**View of the workshops of the Stockport factory, near Manchester, England. A bowler hat company owned by the Battersby family. • © Rupert Battersby / Private collection**

**The House and Part of the Factory Were Used to House the Severely Wounded in WW1**

**Many women worked for the Battersby hat shop in Conty, in the Somme, at the beginning of the 20th century. This photo dates from 1909. • © Jean-Michel Renaux / Private collection**

A gentleman from the early 20th century, proudly wearing his bowler hat, a very fashionable headgear between 1880 and 1920, particularly in England. • © Jean-Michel Renaux / Private collection

Dean Haumesser, parish priest of Conty, testified to the terrible fate of the hundreds of soldiers who flocked to the military hospital set up in the Battersby hat factory between 1914 and 1918. • © Jean-Michel Renaux / Private collection

**Nurse: “Angel, saviour of our poor wounded”**

**A Conty Bowler Hat**
This hat is in the possession of the Andrieu family, the current owners of the Battersby House. It was made at the Conly factory in the post Battersby era. The photo was taken by me on our visit in October 2025

Letterhead Showing the Extent of the Conty Factory

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