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Cockneys are known as people who work in London and the surrounding areas (even though the "true" cockneys are considered those who are born surrounded by the sound of Bow Bells of St. Mary-le-Bow Church in Cheapside, London).

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Cockney Rhyming Slang was first mentioned in a book published in 1859 and probably began to be used in the 1840s. It was created by merchants and locals so that other people could not understand what was being said.

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c.1930. Photographer: George Davison Reid
A view of Bow Lane, off Cheapside in the City of London, looking south to the crossing.

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The idea is:
You take a word that rhymes with the original word and create a pair with a related word.
That pair of words now represents the original word.
The second word of the pair, the one that rhymes with the original word, is usually left out, as in:

Stairs = Apples and Pears

"I went up the apples".

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And more:
English                   Rhymes with                                          Cockney

Feet                       Plates of meat                                        Plates

Teeth                     Hampstead Heath                                Hampsteads

Legs                        Scotch eggs                                          Scotches

Eyes                      Mince pies                                             Minces

Arms                     Chalk Farms                                          Chalk Farms

Hair                        Barnet Fair                                            Barnet

Head                     Loaf of bread                                       Loaf

Face                      Boat race                                               Boat race

Mouth                 North and south                                   North and south

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Taters n the Mould (cold)
"It's Taters!"

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Peas in the Pot (hot)
"Bit peasy in 'ere, innit?"

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(stairs)

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"Nice new Kettle you're wearing mate."

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"Can you Adam and Eve it?"

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"Give us a Butcher's at your paper mate."

(NOUNS are commonly used in an incorrect grammar view. Here, the pronoun would be "me", but it's often uses with "us", instead)

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"Look at your barnet!

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(wife)

"Me Trouble and Strife's at home with the Bin Lids."

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(code)
"We've got to talk a La Mode round by the dustbins."

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(curry)

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(phone)
"Pass us the dog"

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What about creating your own Rhyming Slang?

*Think of a word (DON'T TELL IT TO YOUR CLASSMATES)
* Think of a word that rhymes with the original (Stairs =  _________ Pears)
* Think of a complement word that matches the rhyming-word (Stairs = Apples and Pears)
* Hide the second word;
* Let your classmates try to find out which word it is!
(3 minutes)

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Woohoo APP - Dictionary of British Accents
Youtube - Lang Focus' Channel
Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary - http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk