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East London's bustling Roman Road Market in 1968
Back slang was common in East End markets in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Culture East End Cockney Local 

The history of back slang: the covert language of the East End

January 28, 2022December 14, 2022 Zoe Dowsett 1 Comment Features

Think Cockney rhyming slang was the only covert language of the Victorian-era East End? Introducing back slang, rhyming slang’s lesser-known,

East End poet Chris Ross enjoying a plate of pie and mash at GKelly's on Roman Road.
Photo Tabitha Stapely © Social Streets
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

Meet Chris Ross, the East End poet keeping Cockney culture young

July 1, 2021January 14, 2022 Evie Breese 0 Comments Features

We talk to Chris Ross, the Cockney poet taking social media by storm with his poems about everyday life in

Walton on the Naze seaside destination in Essex.
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local Out & About 

A cockney holiday: East Ender’s favourite seaside haunts

June 20, 2021January 14, 2022 Anna Lamche 0 Comments Guides

With foreign travel likely off the cards this year, we rediscover the seaside holiday destinations that East Enders have long

Market stalls in petticoat lane
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

Cockney rhyming slang history: the roots, the rhymes and the reasons

October 10, 2020April 11, 2023 Grace Boyle 8 Comments Features

Ever fallen down the ‘apples and pears’? Have you had your ‘barnet’ chopped recently? Called a mate on the old

Women dancing in the pub in Knees Up Mother Brown style
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

The real history of ‘Knees up Mother Brown’

August 25, 2020January 14, 2022 Megan Agnew 3 Comments Features

The exact origin of ‘Knees up Mother Brown’ is unknown, but by the 1800s it had become a popular song in East End pubs and bars.

Pearly Kings and Queens of Blackheath and Grove Park standing on street
Pearly Kings and Queens of Blackheath and Grove Park
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

The real history of the Pearly Kings and Queens

August 11, 2020January 14, 2022 Megan Agnew 2 Comments Features

The Pearly Kings and Queens are a famous symbol of cockney culture and the second oldest charity in London, but what’s the real story behind the Pearl monarchy? How are they still spreading the original Pearly message? And how much do the suits really weigh?

Crowds at the stadium, Faces of West Ham, photos by José da Luz
© José da Luz
Culture East End Cockney Local News 

The faces, emotion and passion of West Ham football fans

July 9, 2020November 27, 2022 Francesca Lister-Fell 2 Comments Features

Local resident José’s photography project ‘Faces of West Ham’ records the faces, emotions and passion of The Hammers.

Kray Twins with Squibb walking outside flats in East London
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

Book Review: ‘Krays: The Final Word’ by James Morton

June 7, 2020January 14, 2022 Tabitha Potts 0 Comments Features

‘This boy has been beaten by beasts’ are the first words in Krays: the Final Word, spoken by a Thames Court magistrate investigating the assault on a boy called Roy Harvey who was allegedly beaten with chains by the Kray Twins and their friend Patrick Aucott in Mare Street, Hackney.

Kelly and Lenny McLean in Cairo’s bar My dad the Guv'nor book review 4816_001
Kelly and Lenny McLean in Cairo’s bar. © Kelly McLean
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

Book review: ‘My Dad, the Guv’nor’ by Kelly McLean

March 12, 2020January 14, 2022 Tabitha Potts 1 Comment Features

Tabitha Potts reviews My Dad, the Guv’nor, Kelly McLean’s autobiography about growing up as the daughter of Lenny McLean, the

The Kray twins in their boxing days
Ronnie (left) and Reggie Kray during their amateur boxing days
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

Before they were kings: the boxing careers of Ronnie and Reggie Kray

October 24, 2019January 14, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments Features

The Kray twins worked hard for their infamy. The East End gangsters were behind all manner of murder, armed robbery,

Linda Calvey at the Blind Beggar pub in East London
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

‘Black Widow’ Linda Calvey on the realities of East End gangster life

July 14, 2019January 14, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments Features

Flowery dress. Red toenails. Bleached blonde hair. Linda Calvey, 71, doesn’t exactly scream East London gangster when we meet on

Business card for The Double R Club, the Kray Twin's notorious club on Bow Road
Business card for The Double R Club showing the 'modern bar' and advertising it to be open every night
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

The Kray Twins’ notorious Double R Club on Bow Road, now Enterprise Car Rental

October 23, 2018January 14, 2022 Dominika Kubinyova 1 Comment Features

The Double R Club was a notorious night-club on Bow Road named after and owned by the former gangsters, the

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