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Proper Cockneys come from the East End, which encompasses most of Tower Hamlets. Originally though, it referred to people ...

LONDON — You'd better get ready to use your loaf if you want to get your hands on some bread. Over the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw ...

In a London pub I heard a man at the bar expressing displeasure about something or other, saying “Up the Khyber”. He wasn’t talking about a trip he’d made to the mountain pass close to the ...

Everyone knows NZ is a pie-loving nation, which is why the current ‘cockney cuisine’ movement in London should be right up our own street, writes Demi Perera Firstly, what is a Cockney? “My father is ...

Cockney sayings traditionally include rhyming slang — with the Queen called Baked Bean, for instance THE late Queen sounded increasingly Cockney through her 70-year reign, according to research.

THE late Queen sounded increasingly Cockney through her 70-year reign, according to research. Experts say certain words evolved more of an East End twang than her traditional “received pronunciation”.

With the release of East End drama "Last Orders", we thought it was Harry Lime to celebrate film stars who feature in the Cockney rhyming slang lexicon. Feel free to use them the next time you're in ...

“I never thought it was that great,” said Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders 1980 hit “Brass in Pocket.” Hynde never wanted “Brass in Pocket” released as a single. Released as the third single from the ...

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