The Duck Flat Cap Society have been informed via their solicitors, Arthur C Fuckrudden & Co - "Lawyers to the Landed Gentry" that the original members of the northern "Ekee Thump Brigade", formerly known as "Eky Thump", have indicated that they wish to meet the entertainment and imbibing committee of the DFCS.
The original Eky Thump were established in the late seventeenth century, performing at county fairs and local hostelries, in particular on May day and all Saints day, but fell in to obscurity before re emerging in the early 1970's. However, due to their appearances on television they soon became household names, and in particular became cult figures in the north of England.
It was this cult status in Cumbria and Lancashire that eventually led to the later formation of the current "Ekee Thump Brigade" by the semi inebriate "Dave the Teach" and his northern compatriot, the former military hard man "Basher Hurley".
The core cause for the formation of this northern grouping was to protest against the so called "southern namby pamby" Londoners wearing the flat cap, which they considered a badge of northern grit and graft. Their opposition to the Duck Flat Cap Society has been a mute point ever since, although as a gesture of good will Dave The Teach and the former Military hardman and Falkland Island ex Penguin, Basher Hurley have both been accepted as full members of the DFCS.
A meeting has been arranged for Sunday week, and appropriate head gear is to be worn by all attending so as not to offend the illustrious members of Eky Thump as reformed and reconstituted for the goggle box in the 70's.
Details off the meeting will be posted here in due course.
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