From the early 60s and I would suggest that you go back to singing about Sarf London being wonderful like the other couple of thousand that follow, as you cant say support Palace, because very few do as is shown by their administration recently.
Given up because most shown on here are wrong IMHO and are made up new inventions of the original as I knew it, and just to keep going Almond Rocks are socks.
Because it has been, at least since the war the gay capital and in fact Brighton was known as the weekend retreat for pimps and pansies even in the 50s. He asked if we all took it up the 'kettle.'
EDS I can only say what I heard as a publican coming from Sussex, I am not a cockney nor an authority just lifes experience and never having heard many expressions as said on here, so will leave it at that.
Can we have GM back on loan until Christmas to give him matches and benefit both us...
I can assure you that Kettle is as in Kettle Drum as it was said to me many times by H when he knew I supported BHA. The dockers always asked each other when to go back to work by Usually saying what is the Harry (Lime) on your Hop (scotch)
I dont know where in London half of the people on here have come from or been invented from but Harry Dash is a slash and I would say that most are wrong in their assumption. As for quoting Minder I am talking of 10 - 15 years before Minder was ever thought of and spoken by East End...
The man is correct and Kettle is definitely not a watch as mentioned it is most certainly Kettle Drum which is where ginger (beers) take it .
This is not meant to be homphobic or an insult to anybody
Correct
Never heard them referred to as that.
Most of what are being said on here are very modern like Gary Neville for a level I am talking of the early 60s when those people etc didnt exist but rhyming slang did.
Kettle Drum
Having spent many years in the east end pubs I havent heard hardly any that are mentioned on here and also when using it they only say the first word like apples not the pears. Linen not draper (paper)