A month or so back Bommer was asked by the Association of Illustrators (www.theaoi.com) to be involved with a project entitled Great British Pastimes, a collaboration between them and clothing company Ted Baker (www.tedbaker.com).

Ted Baker had selected a Baker's Dozen of thirteen illustrators he wanted to a range of A2 limited edition litho-printed posters on…
varios allotted subjects celebrating British hobbies and culture. The posters are given away free with purchases over a certain amount from any of TB's outlet across the world.

Fellow artists included Andy Smith, , and Sara Fanelli.

 was given to illustrate. He thought a Costermonger and his Stall (full of 20 odd ‘vignettes') was the best way to show it – both the cockney traditions of the pearly kings and queens, and the use of rhyming slang, originated in the East End costermongers' world of the 19th Century – the former as a way of attracting more attention and the latter as a to avoid interference from the Law!

Although not as prevalent as it once was, rhyming slang is still very much alive and kicking.

via Londonist

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