0:00:20 > 0:00:23This story belongs to Ella and Nanny Carole.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33It is a tiny tale about Nanny Carole's life
0:00:33 > 0:00:36and the things she used to do.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Ella is helping Nanny Carole feed the fish in her garden pond.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57But now it's time for Nanny Carole to share her memories
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and take Ella on a journey of discovery.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Who are you going to draw?- Nanny!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15What about my pearly hat on the top?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Can you put a pearly hat on?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Put all the feathers on.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Can you do lots of big, big feathers?
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Ella is drawing Nanny Carole wearing a special outfit
0:01:27 > 0:01:31because Nanny Carole is a pearly queen.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Here's an old picture of her with Ella's Grandad Pat,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36who is a pearly king.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Their special suits are covered in hundreds of pearly buttons.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47This bit here, you could draw some little buttons. No, little ones.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Little buttons. That's it.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54There, I have lots of buttons, don't I, on my outfit?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58That's lovely.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05You're clever girl, aren't you?
0:02:13 > 0:02:17And then Nanny Carole talks some more about being a pearly queen.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21I've been a pearly queen for many, many years now.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27There are pearly kings and queens in different areas all over London.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Each pearly family has a different design on their costumes.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38For example, some have bells,
0:02:38 > 0:02:43some have horses,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46some have buildings,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50according to what is in their area.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Nanny Carole is showing Ella the designs on her pearly suit.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08This is a horseshoe. This is what the horses wear on their feet.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11The horses work in the markets.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15That's why we put horseshoes on our suits.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It's all about London.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22The horses in the market and the flowers in the market,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25the flower sellers sell flowers.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27(Look what I've got.)
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Whose is this? Look!
0:03:30 > 0:03:31NANNY CAROLE GASPS
0:03:31 > 0:03:33And what does that say on there?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- Pearly princess.- It does.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- Let's look at the back.- Because you are a pearly princess, aren't you?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45This is Ella's new pearly suit.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Ella is a pearly princess because she is part of a pearly family.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Here she is in her very first pearly suit
0:03:53 > 0:03:55when she was just two years old.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Pearly children don't have as many buttons on their suits
0:03:59 > 0:04:03because that would make the suits too heavy to wear.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- And when you get bigger... - I'll be a pearly...queen.- Queen!
0:04:08 > 0:04:12That's right! A pearly queen! You'll be just like Nanny.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Then Nanny Carole takes out her box of pearly buttons.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19The buttons are made from something called mother of pearl.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Mother of pearl comes from special seashells
0:04:22 > 0:04:25which are shiny on the inside.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Pearly queens like Nanny Carole use these special buttons
0:04:29 > 0:04:32because they shine so brightly on their suits.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37The "pearly" in "pearly queen" comes from the special pearly buttons.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41And look, Ella has some fun with Nanny Carole's buttons.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- A leaf!- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Owl, twit-twoo, twit-twoo.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53That is really good.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55ELLA GASPS
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Look at this one!
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Oh, my gosh!
0:05:00 > 0:05:03One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Seven!
0:05:06 > 0:05:08CLACK! CLACK!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19What a lot of button fun!
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Now it's time for a quick change.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Shall we go and get into our pearlies?- Yes!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Come on, then.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Wow! Don't they look wonderful?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Whee!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Are we forgetting someone?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Hey!
0:05:44 > 0:05:47It's my grandad and he's a pearly king.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Ella's Grandad Pat is a pearly king.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Here he is with Nanny Carole when they were younger.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56There have been pearly kings and queens in London
0:05:56 > 0:05:58for a very long time.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01The first pearly king was a man called Henry Croft.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04This picture shows a statue of Henry.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08His job was to clean the streets around the London market,
0:06:08 > 0:06:09just like this man is doing.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12People went to market to buy food,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15but many of them didn't have a lot of money.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Henry wanted to help them, so to get everyone's attention,
0:06:19 > 0:06:23he covered his clothes with special pearly buttons
0:06:23 > 0:06:24a bit like these ones.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27People started to call him the pearly king
0:06:27 > 0:06:29because of his pearly buttons.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34And ever since, London has had pearly kings and queens,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36like Nanny Carole,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40who dress up in special suits to collect money for people in need.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Ella and her Nanny Carole and Grandad Pat
0:06:47 > 0:06:51have come to a famous place in London called Covent Garden.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I think it is time now that we did some collecting.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- Collect some pennies to give to people that need it?- Yeah!
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Where do we put the pennies?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08In here.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Off they go!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Nanny Carole and Grandad Pat
0:07:15 > 0:07:18have collected money to help others for many years.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24# Doing the Lambeth walk... #
0:07:24 > 0:07:27London's pearly kings and queens are so famous
0:07:27 > 0:07:31that people like to take photos of them.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Nanny Carole and Grandad Pat attract attention whenever they go
0:07:36 > 0:07:40because pearly kings and queens are such a famous part of London life.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44They are so famous that when the Olympic Games came to London,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47lots of pearly kings and queens were asked
0:07:47 > 0:07:49to take part in the big opening show.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Here's Nanny Carole with the Olympic torch.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56And after all their hard work raising money for others,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59it's time for Ella to have some fun around Covent Garden.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Peek-a-boo!
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18High-five!
0:08:25 > 0:08:26You go and put it in the hat.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30ELLA SCREAMS
0:08:30 > 0:08:33THEY ALL LAUGH
0:08:33 > 0:08:36ELLA GIGGLES
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Pearly kings and queens love to dance and sing, Ella.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Their favourite is the Lambeth Walk.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Would you like to do the Lambeth Walk with me?- Yes!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Good.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55# Once you get down Lambeth way
0:08:55 > 0:09:00# Any evening, any day
0:09:00 > 0:09:03# You'll find us all
0:09:03 > 0:09:07# Doing the Lambeth Walk! #
0:09:07 > 0:09:08- Oi!- Oi!
0:09:08 > 0:09:10London's pearly families
0:09:10 > 0:09:14have been doing the Lambeth Walk for a long, long time.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Look at this old film.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19# Once you get down Lambeth way
0:09:19 > 0:09:22# Any evening, any day
0:09:22 > 0:09:24# You'll find us all
0:09:24 > 0:09:26# Doing the Lambeth Walk. #
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Grandad Pat has brought Ella and Nanny Carole
0:09:33 > 0:09:36to a very old London shop that sells a special kind of food.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40It's called an eel and pie shop.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Hello.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Ella, I'm going to try some stewed eels.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Stewed eels in a lovely green sauce.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55I'm going to taste one.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Look at these fishermen catching the eels.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04An eel is a type of fish that is long and wriggly.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08A long time ago, there were lots of eels in the River Thames in London.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13They were eaten by many people because they were very cheap to buy.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17And now we are going to try the pie and mash.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21You like mash, don't you?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Now, would you like to try some?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25There you are.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Mmm!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I like it.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38And now we are going to try Grandad's favourite, the pie.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- Shall we try the pie? - Yeah, I like pie.- You like pie.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I like beef.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Oh, that does taste good.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Like a long, long time ago, they used to have to go out and buy food
0:10:57 > 0:11:00and this was one of the cheapest foods you could buy
0:11:00 > 0:11:06and that's what they used to live on, pie and mash.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Pie and mash shops have been popular in London for a long, long time
0:11:12 > 0:11:17and so has a special way of speaking called cockney rhyming slang.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19People think it was first spoken
0:11:19 > 0:11:21in a part of London called the East End.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Normal words were swapped for words around with them
0:11:25 > 0:11:28so "plates of meat" came to mean "feet".
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Nanny Carole speaks cockney rhyming slang
0:11:35 > 0:11:37and she is going to test Ella.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Ella, do you know any rhyming slang?
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Do you know what apples and pears is?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Apples and pears, go up the stair.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49And what about Barnet Fair?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Hair.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Ah! So "apples and pears" means "stairs"
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and "Barnet Fair" means "hair".
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I think I'm getting the hang of this now.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04What about Cain and Abel?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Table!
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Yeah, that's right! Lovely. Clever girl.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- It's time to hit the frog and toad, the road!- The road!- The road.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17The road, the road, the road.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Ahh.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22NANNY CAROLE KISSES ELLA
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Did you have fun, Ella?- Yes.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42And can you remember all the things that we've done together?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Drawing a picture of Nanny.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Looking at all the buttons.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Wearing my pearly princess outfit.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Collecting pennies.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Singing and dancing.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Eating pie and mash.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59What did you enjoy the most?
0:12:59 > 0:13:04- Singing and dancing. - # Doing the Lambeth walk! #
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Oi!
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I've got some new feathers for you for your hat.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20What a fabulous heap of fun!
0:13:20 > 0:13:23That was Ella and Nanny Carole's tiny tale
0:13:23 > 0:13:26about Nanny Carole's life as a pearly queen.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Now Nanny Carole has shared her story with Ella,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33it's time for Ella to start her own story.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Do you know someone who has a story to share?
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