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HC-187 · BALLROOM SILVER · Extended historical · 1970–2025
Drop 6 · The TribeEdition of 25 per side · opens Mon 1 Mar 2027 · Family 48 hours early · closes Sun 21 Mar 2027

What does a Ballroom Silver hanky mean?

Ballroom Father. Left pocket: House Father. Right pocket: House Child.

Ballroom Father — BALLROOM SILVER hanky code print, left pocket: HOUSE FATHER
Left pocket · givesHouse Father
Ballroom Father — BALLROOM SILVER hanky code print, right pocket: HOUSE CHILD
Right pocket · receivesHouse Child
ReferenceHC-187
ColourBALLROOM SILVER · #D9CDD0
Era1970-2025
OriginExtended historical · 1970–2025

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The Study · one sideNumbered digital edition of 250 per side: the press-ready A3 file with the HANKY FAMILY® mark and HC-187 in the margin, certificate, provenance card, hanging spec. The full £30 is credited against the Edition within twelve months.
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Left · House FatherRight · House Child
The Study · the pairBoth pockets, hung the way you stand. Left gives, right receives.
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The Print · the pairBoth pockets, posted together in one tube.
£110
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Where it comes from. Documented in later bar charts and community lists, 1980s–1990s. Part of the living record.

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The match Send the right pocket — House Child Send the left pocket — House Father
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Where it sits in the story

Ballroom Father entered the code through the extended bar charts and community lists of the 1970–2025s. Left pocket: house father. Right pocket: house child. Part of the living record — documented, argued over and revised by the people who wore it.

197220261976 · Disco & metallic signals

Timeline stage: 1976 · Disco & metallic signals. Read the full history →

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The code was read across a room, so what sits next to a colour matters. Nearest by eye, from the Greys & neutrals family and beyond.

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Same question, other answers

In the same cluster: Your place in the room.

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