“To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily Telegraph”. John Mortimer.
You can see the whole piece here.
The square was cut from a John Menzies advert from 1984. The photographer is uncredited. Taken from The Times, Past, Present and Future.
Alison Sye 
My goodness, how times have changed. Imagine this guy in business casual.
I think he probably dresses like this all the time 🙂
The thing is, I remember seeing people dress like this all the time. Not the hat, though, usually the other style whose name I can’t remember (I think of it as typical businessman hat of the 50’s). The lady who would be accompany him would be wearing a girdle.
Oh dear.
Yes, must be awful to wear a girdle. Tights are bad enough :)))))
Fortunately this has never happened to me and I hope it never does because it seems to be bad in so many ways!
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