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Cockney museum opens

The Pearly Kings and Queens of the past will be celebrated at the new Cockney museum. Credit: Pearly King of Peckham

A new museum opens today detailing the history of the Pearly Kings and Queen and how Cockney Rhyming slang started.

George Major, the longest serving Pearly Monarch Pearly King of Peckham, has fulfilled a 38-year-old dream and started the travelling Cockney museum.