Cockney Slang (1943)

Cockney slang by cartoonist Joe Noble. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. M/S pearly king sitting on his barrow spouting cockney rhyming slang. Joe Noble’s diagrams explain what each phrase stands for, such as apples and pears for stairs. M/S of a ’trouble and strife’ - wife, we hear the cockney for her hat, hair, face, eyes and wink. Various other diagrams explain further phrases, for example pig’s ear means beer. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be