Cockney Roots: From Fern Street Settlement to the Freedom of the City of London
How Margaret Barnsdall-Stone went from working in an East End cake factory to mixing with Royalty, and the Cockney culture
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What does the word Cockney actually mean?
Nowadays, we all have an idea of the meaning of the word Cockney, but we’ve discovered that the history of
Cockney roots: Leanne Black from G Kelly’s pie and mash shop
Though you won’t catch Leanne Black speaking in the Cockney rhyming slang of her childhood, her East End identity is
Modern Cockneys: the new generation of famous Cockney people true to the East End’s sparky spirit
Some say that Cockneys are a dying breed but a new generation of modern Cockneys is showing that the spirit
Why Hammers’ Emerson Palmieri is putting his name to Cockney pie n’ mash
What goes together better than West Ham & Pie and Mash? Footballer Emerson Palmieri visits G Kelly on the Roman
Jean Fullerton: ‘The Queen of the East End’
The Queen of the East End turns from saga fiction to memoir, transporting readers to the gritty reality of Cockney
Cockney roots: remembering Stan Jones and his collection of royal memorabilia
Six months after his passing, Stan Jones’ family and friends remember him by decorating his East End home on Lichfield
Is the Essex accent ‘reimagined Cockney’?
With similarities between the Cockney dialect and Essex accent, we set out to uncover, is Essex really Cockney? London’s famous
What Cockney rhyming slang for money endures in the East End?
We put it to the people of East London to find out whether Cockney rhyming slang for money can survive
Why people are coming to Roman Road for the Big Beauty look
Big hair, strong brows, deep tans, long talons; more is more when it comes to beauty on Roman Road. Less
What are you called if you’re from Bow?
Putting it to the residents once and for all: how do the people of Bow define themselves? Everyone knows that
The unrelenting lure of the Kray twins: Jacky Hyams on separating East End truth from folklore
In her new book, Vicious, Elegant Bastards, Hyams delves into the murky world of the notorious Kray twins and the
