Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
17th December
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Appeal for return of symbolic Cockerel to Hackney’s Beard Friendly Pub of the Year
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has backed an appeal for the return of the iconic stuffed cockerel to the Beard Friendly Pub of the Year, the Cock Tavern in Hackney.
The cockerel disappeared over the weekend and is thought to have been removed from the premises. The pub’s owner Pete Holt has told the Hackney Citizen that he can ‘forgive and forget’ if the stuffed bird is returned.
The campaigners say that the cockerel is an important part of the image of the pub and it is to be hoped that it is returned.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, given the number of beard wearers who use the pub we rather suspect that the individual who wandered off with the cockerel may be hirsute. If so we’d appeal to them not to bring the hirsute into disrepute at Christmas and return the bird to its rightful place in the pub
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