Re: 1972 Legnano in the news

Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:44:01 -0500, Radey Shouman
<shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
>

I just did a web search for "walking helmet", and got pages of stuff on
helmets for babies and toddlers learning to walk.  I guess that's a
thing these days; I must be out of touch. 

>
In the eighteenth century they were called "pudding caps".

Thanks for that, it seems they may date back even further than that.

I had never heard of them or their modern equivalents, nor of babies
head injured by falls when learing to walk.  I suppose it can happen
when falling into a coffee table or learning to climb tall objects.


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