Headgear for clergy

[Roses]

As a concerned mother I am worried that my vicar daughter is unable to wear anything on her head in very hot weather when performing a burial, as she is doing tomorrow.

I have taken it upon myself to e-mail the Archbishop to see if he can devise a suitable piece of headgear for his clergy to protect them from the sun.

I will see what sort of response I get. I haven't as yet informed my girl that I have contacted him.

[Rhiannon]

As a concerned mother I am worried that my vicar daughter is unable to wear anything on her head in very hot weather when performing a burial, as she is doing tomorrow.

I have taken it upon myself to e-mail the Archbishop to see if he can devise a suitable piece of headgear for his clergy to protect them from the sun.

I will see what sort of response I get. I haven't as yet informed my girl that I have contacted him.

See if a member of the congregation could hold an umbrella or parasol for her. You can buy repro Victorian jobs in both black and white but for tomorrow a standard plain or black brolly should do the job. Or, put a pop-up gazebo over the burial plot and protect the mourners as well.

When not conducting a service she can wear what she wants on her head.

[Roses]

See if a member of the congregation could hold an umbrella or parasol for her. You can buy repro Victorian jobs in both black and white but for tomorrow a standard plain or black brolly should do the job. Or, put a pop-up gazebo over the burial plot and protect the mourners as well.

When not conducting a service she can wear what she wants on her head.

She would wear a baseball cap when not conducting a service

[Harrowby Hall]

At least she has hair! There are those of us who have practically nothing to protect our bare scalps from the celestial furnace!!!

[Roses]

One should wear head protection in very hot weather, it is the sensible thing to do.

[Rhiannon]

She would wear a baseball cap when not conducting a service

And the gazebo solution or the parasol?

[Roses]

And the gazebo solution or the parasol?

A gazebo, would not be on, and I don't think a parasol would either.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

As a concerned mother I am worried that my vicar daughter is unable to wear anything on her head in very hot weather when performing a burial, as she is doing tomorrow.

I have taken it upon myself to e-mail the Archbishop to see if he can devise a suitable piece of headgear for his clergy to protect them from the sun.

If you get no joy go round and kick the cunt in the nuts.

[Rhiannon]

A gazebo, would not be on, and I don't think a parasol would either.

You shock me.

[Roses]

You shock me.

Why?

[Rhiannon]

Why?

Because it's not the first time you've been presented with workable solutions to problems and rejected them out of hand. Why not just pass them onto your daughter and let her choose? I've seen gazebos erected over graves in the rain so I see no reason why one couldn't be used to protect those present from the effects of the heat. Ditto umbrellas to keep rain off. I'd have thought the mourners would welcome the shade.

[Roses]

Because it's not the first time you've been presented with workable solutions to problems and rejected them out of hand. Why not just pass them onto your daughter and let her choose? I've seen gazebos erected over graves in the rain so I see no reason why one couldn't be used to protect those present from the effects of the heat. Ditto umbrellas to keep rain off. I'd have thought the mourners would welcome the shade.

I know my daughter better than you do, and I know for a fact she wouldn't contemplate either of those ideas.

[Sebastian Toe]

I know my daughter better than you do, and I know for a fact she wouldn't contemplate either of those ideas.

Do you know what she would contemplate in this scenario?

[Rhiannon]

I know my daughter better than you do, and I know for a fact she wouldn't contemplate either of those ideas.

I didn't say that I know what she'd do; it's a part of treating an adult like a grown-up that you let them make their own decisions. If you were that bothered you'd put the suggestions to her even if she tells you to do one because either will afford her some protection from the heat. Either is more effective than emailing her boss without her knowledge (I won't comment further on that) and asking him to invent some clergy headware, which isn't going to help your daughter survive tomorrow's heatwave.

[Robbie]

For how long will your daughter and the mourners be standing around the grave?  If 20mins or less I'd have thought she could take it.

Dreadful of you to email her Archbishop.

If you get no joy go round and kick the cunt in the nuts.

Do you really have to be quite so disgustingly crude?

[jeremyp]

At least she has hair! There are those of us who have practically nothing to protect our bare scalps from the celestial furnace!!!

Actually, it’s easy if you have no hair. Just slap on factor 50

[Rhiannon]

Actually, it’s easy if you have no hair. Just slap on factor 50

And a knotted hanky.

[Rhiannon]

For how long will your daughter and the mourners be standing around the grave?  If 20mins or less I'd have thought she could take it.

Depends how fair she is. I couldn't.

[Robbie]

In that case I would think a wide brimmed hat would be in order. No-one would object to the vicar wearing one and you can get black straw hats.

Most of the female mourners will have hats.

[SteveH]

I don't think going bareheaded for an hour or so is going to do any harm.

[Robbie]

It certainly would for some people, even half an hour is too much for many, but they won't be outside for an hour it doesn't take that long.

I hope they'll be shaded by trees but anyway a hat would be acceptable.

[Shaker]

I don't think going bareheaded for an hour or so is going to do any harm.

It could do when the Met Office are now advising people to stay out of the sun, especially between 11:00am and 4:00pm.

[jeremyp]

I don't think going bareheaded for an hour or so is going to do any harm.

I wouldn’t do it.

I don’t see why a priest should be asked to put their health on the line for what seems like propriety

[Rhiannon]

I wouldn’t do it.

I don’t see why a priest should be asked to put their health on the line for what seems like propriety

Neither would I, but I did have a parish priest who held his own convictions about when a hat could and couldn't be worn, which is why I suggested non-hat solutions. A priest who holds no such convictions should be free to do whatever is necessary to stay safe.

[SusanDoris]

I wouldn’t do it.

I don’t see why a priest should be asked to put their health on the line for what seems like propriety

Agreed. The whole idea of what people wear on their heads having an effect on anything except their own health is quite barmy anyway.