Eastenders Launched 19 February Eastenders Is a Popular Soap Based in the East End of London

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EastEnders Launched 19 February EastEnders is a popular soap based in the east end of London. It was launched on the television on this day in 1985. Use the day to celebrate the show as well as all things Cockney!

Discussion

Play the theme music and discuss the memories it brings back. Which of your residents watched the show? Which were their favourite characters? Eg Ang and ‘Dirty Den’, Phil and Grant Mitchell, Dot Cotton, Pat Butcher, Pauline Fowler, Ian Beale, Sharon Watts, Nick Cotton, Cindy Beale. Talk about the Queen Vic pub, the area of Walford and Albert Square. Do they still watch, or do they prefer Coronation Street or Emmerdale? ‘Wouldn’t It Be Famous Cockneys Loverly’ Excerpt Talk about these famous names: Max Bygraves, Michael Caine, Charlie From ‘My Fair Lady’ Chaplin, Vera Lynn, Samantha Fox, Tommy Steele, Terry Venables, Barbara Windsor, Sir Alan Sugar. All I want is a room somewhere, Far away from the cold night air, With one enormous chair, Pearly Kings And Queens Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? Men and women dressed up in outfits covered in white buttons are part Lots of chocolate for me to eat, of East End tradition. Lots of coal makin' lots of heat. Make your own Pearly Queen by gluing buttons on a picture of a man Warm face, warm hands, warm or woman, or make a Pearly Queen hat by cutting out the shape in card feet, and sticking on buttons in interesting patterns and shapes. Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? Food Rhyming Slang Cook a London ‘stuffed monkey’! Cockneys are famous for using This is a traditional Jewish delicacy, widely favoured in the East End. rhyming slang. Line a flan dish with pastry. Mix together 4oz ground almonds, 4oz You can play a game by giving the candied peel, 2oz currants, 1½oz butter, vanilla essence, and 1 egg residents the slang, and seeing if yolk. Fill the flan dish and cover with a pastry lid. Brush with egg white they know (or can guess) what it and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes. refers to. Other East End foods to try:  Dog and bone - phone Pie and mash, jellied eels, cockles and winkles, and roll mop herrings.  Apples and pears - stairs  Mince pies - eyes Have A Knees-Up  Adam and Eve - believe  Plates of meat - feet Put up a pub sign (The Queen Vic) - you could make this in a craft  Dickie bird - word session. Have a trolley with drinks and snacks ready.  Jack Jones - alone The cockneys are famous for having a good old singsong and knees-  Daisy roots - boots up. Here are some great songs from London:  Moby Dick - sick ‘My Old Man Said Follow The Van’, ‘My Old Man’s A Dustman’, ‘Any  Loaf of bread - head Old Iron’, ‘I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles’, ‘Maybe It’s Because I’m A  Mutt and Jeff - deaf Londoner’, ‘Down At The Old Bull And Bush’, ‘Knees Up Mother  Rosie Lea - tea Brown’, ‘A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square’.  Whistle and flute - suit

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