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Marilyn that just goes to show you that some of the real cockney slang has been changed from the original Barnet Fair is right Hair.
Boat Race - Face
Bottle and Glass- the a....
B ristol Cities Tities
Fife and drum, - Bum
Losf of Bread is the same as Brown Bread, -Head.
North and South- Mouth.
Mince Pies - Eyes,
Jimmie Riddle- having a tiddle,.
Hampstead Heath - Teeth.

The others I dont know as some of the names were after the original slang like Douglas Hurd,. Gregory Peck and J A Rank , Eartha Kit
so I have no idea where they came from or what they mean I can guess a couple but not to put in print lol
It poured with rain about 4 today it fell down it was pitch black as well needed to put the lights on.
see what Mo comes up with tomorrow,.

Rita

Right Mo,

1 Hair
2 Face.
3 Arse.
4 Titty.
5 Piles.
6 Arms.
7 Balls.
8 Belly.
9 Dont exist in my book !!
10 Shits or Tits.
11 Bum.
12 *uck 0r Luck.
13 Dont exist in my book !!
14 Kecks or Trousers or Cheque.
15 Legs.

Now Mo Whats a MOPSQUEEZER ? I got one ..LOL

marilyn

Kipper/s............slippers

there i help you out lol

Rita the book I have is by Ray Puxley he was born with the sound of Bo Bells ringing in his ears.
He is the author of Cockney Rabbit & More Cockney Rabbit,

Got this book in the charity shop !! and I love it ..LOL

Shelly why is it not in my book ...????????????????? LOL

what I was saying Marlyn , when they use names like Douglas Hurd he was not around when the cockney slang first started in the days when the Pearly Kings and Queens were just that rulers of their plot.

I heard someone say marilyn Munroe once well she was not born then or Gergory Peck.nor Earha Kit do you see what i mean ?
some names have been sliped in.
Like Lional Blairs meaning Flairs (trousers ) well he was not around at that time dont forget we are going way back.
so most are oringal but not all of them are the true slangs.

Rita

Yes I get that Rita.....


So its a new era of Cockney Slang.... Well our Shelly is a new era she must be good at it ..LOL

sorry marilyn i was lee marvin and went of to have me dinner

marilyn i need a benner and 2 lady godiva

ill give the apple core for them


PMSL bet marilyn is getting her self in a right 2 and 8


your right marilyn i do now a lot but not all my older kids also no a lot but not the younger one and some time we wind them and there mate up

exsample........we will ask one of the mate were he got his new me and yous from

Answers for Marilyn.
1-Hair
2-Face
3-Arse
4-boobs
5-piles
6-arm
7-cobblers awls = ba**s
8-belly
9-douglas hurd=tu*d
10-eartha kitt =sh*t
11-bum
12-friar tuck= f*ck
13-ghunga dhin = chin
14-neck
15-ham+eggs=legs
16-teeth
17-hampton wick-= d**k
18-voice
19-ivory band=hand
20-j.arthur rank= w**k
21-piddle
22-kyber pass =ar*e
23-head
24-eyes
25-mouth

If you want more let me know,as you will soon get bored with them oterwise.

We lost at darts,in the semi finals. But never mind the seasons over now till september.
Night Night all slepp tight.

You lot crack me up lol, can you imagine if you all met up and tried to talk in rhyming slang.

I had a fella once who came from Dunstable but knew lots of the talk and he used to say Brown bread meant dead!

Lizxxx

liz yes thats right Brown bread means dead

elephants trunk...........drunk

im of to bed now see you all in the morning xxx

Morning All you lovely friends.

I have been reading and learning as l go along with you lot. Marlyn your book does it go into how the slang came about or any thing else like that ?

In Finchley Cemetery there is a statue a grave of a Henry Croft (think that is how it is spelt ) he died in 1930 born 1862 or there about.
He was a road sweeper when he came out of an Orphange and worked in the Market. and reading about him he was the one who started off the pearly Kings and Queens in London .
The Costermongers as they were known then later became know as Barrow Boys. were supose to have been born in the sound of St Mary-le-bow in Cheapside (I found some of this out when researching my late husbands family ancestors.)

The slang came by these costamongers as they wanted to tell each other things secretly like the Beaks are coming things like that .
They started to wear brightly coloured clothes called them Flash they decorated there outfits with pearl buttons on their trousers they had bright coloured waistcoates and always wore muffles or scarfs if you like. which made them stand out from others..
This Henry Croft went further and started doing pearl patterns on the suits and clothes it was this that made him famous as he got to make money for charity. hospitals the poor families this was in the eightteenth century.
Evenntually every London bourough in London had a pearly King or Queen..
That was why the statue was errected on Henry Croft Grave.
This cemetery is not far from where my sister lives.

So if anyone knows anything else I would like to know.

Rita.

Right that out of the way,
I am going to a strawberry tea this afternoon being held in the grassy lawns of the local church. by Goldsworth Care they shop and do errands and take you to and from the hospitals or doctors if you are not able to get there or shop for yourselve through illness..
The invite all the people on their lists and if you are not able to get there they drive you. I think that is such a nice thing to do.
Then I have to do my packing ready for going to my sisters wednesday
she meets me at Waterloo Station. so I am hoping we get decent weather no rain so I can go about and do some more research. I want to have a look at this new Mosque they have spoken about in Ealing (Wembley )
If Highate cemetery is open I shall have a stroll around there but it only opens so many days of the year.it is where Carl Marx is buried.and other famous. people but it is also a place they were buried from St Pancras areas as well. so we will see.
I have nothing else planned for today.


Rita

morning All,

Oh Rita , Strawberry tea, that would go nice with my outing today,

I'm going out for lunch in a very remote Cornish village Pub.
Got friends that tromboned this morning , so I cant be a gert & daisy I have to have a glady's knight & a lemon tea then have me hat & scarf all before I go out !!!

So I'm Frank Bough....

Marilyn xx

morning all

just poped in to have a quick read
of out now see you all tonite

Oh my god,my head is going round in circles now. You lot crease me up.
Let me know if you want any more phrases Marilyn.
Another nice day here, a bit breezy but the sun is shining.
I hope you are having a lovely strawberry tea Rita.
And Marilyn,not to many cuppa's or you will spend the evening on the loo.
Shellyyyyyyyyyyyyy wheres you got to today.
Paulines still in my thoughts,((((((((( HUGS )))))))))

mo im here carnt you see me lol

well dont think much of thease
if i get eny nera to the lappy crean ill be kissing it

Hi
I had a nice time at the strawberry tea all the people who are volunteer driviers were there so it was nice to meet up all together. we had scones home made with jam fresh strawberries and cream also tea or coffee I was there about two hours.they had a raffle as well. I won a basket of gardening hand cleaning items really lovely so I am going to take it over to my sister and give it to her tomorrow.
I will try and get back tomorrow before I go but I will be leaving here tomorrow at 10 and will be back Thursday week. if I find anything out while on my tours I will let you know be good

Love to all
Rita

WOOOHOOO well done rita
but was that the booby prize LOL

no only jokeing thay dident no you dont have a garden

and have a lovley time at your sisters


now were is every one got to

Hi Everyone,

Something funny happened today. I went to see my Dad and he said somebody has put this through my door.A piece of paper with two names on it.
nothing else !!
Now someone obviously is trying to trace their family tree because one name is the same as my Dads (JOHNSON ) now why the hell there is no contact is a mystery, now my dad is very deaf and don't always answer the door.
Guess who the man on the piece of paper ???? said Bruce Joseph Forsyth JOHNSON B 22nd feb aged 82yrs..... Now this I think is our one and only BRUCE FORSYTH.
So I did a bit of research and yes he married Anthea REDFERN 1973 Berkshire and he married her in the name Bruce Joseph Forsyth JOHNSON

I never knew he was called JOHNSON........ So I might be famous ..LOL, better not talk Slang anymore ...LOL

So The other person on the bit of paper could have been his sister because there is no surname about the same age as Bruce .

Now I'm going to wait and see who put this in my Dads door hopefully.....

Rita have a lovely time with your sister, bet she will be pleased with her prezzie.

I had a lovely lunch and ended on my sisters sons farm.