My flat cap certainly comes from my grandfathers influence. He was a coal miner, always in a flat cap, shirt, waistcoat, silk scarf and he chewed tobbacco like he had to get through 1000 tonnes a week. My wife couldnt understand a word he said and occasionally I lapse back to a broad Yorkshire accent, even more broad than the one I already have. Living in the south of England if anyone mentions my flat cap I say, "Cos its like 'turban to a Sikh. Its religious tha nus." Its a shame that in Yorkshire few people wear flat caps and they actually shy away from them because of the stigma. Flat caps, whippet dogs, pigeon racing etc.