The Lemon Meringue Trail

Have you noticed the collection of Cockney rhyming slang phrases on day-glow signs that have popped up in the East Bank landscape?

Here’s a handy guide to each of the phrases in the East Bank, with vox pops from local users about how, where and when they used the phrases…

Vox Pop & Lemon Meringue Phrases

Alfie

Sarah

Katie

Steve

Nev

Jonzi D

James

Frannie

Leon

Anna

Meesh

The Cockney Singh

Terry

Michele

Colin

Lewis

Woodzy

Jonzi D

Danny

Michelle M

James “Jimmy”

Monica

Jerome

James

Louise Hale aka Curly Wordy

Louise Hale aka Curly Wordy

Language is my art, born with a lexical kinda heart..

And it’s all about the fluid ways that language is constantly changing for all of us. Check out spoken word artist Curly Wordy’s take on it, as she tours the area from the top of the number 8 bus, and tells us what language means to her and to the community she knows and loves.