London cash machines go Cockney

A LONDON cash machine operator has turned some of its ATM units into Cockney rhyming slang outposts.

Five of the Bank Machine's ATMs have been updated with the backdated vocabulary option and, for example, may ask users for their Huckleberry Finn instead of their PIN. Both inventive and forward thinking, those Cockneys.

Cash will become 'sausage and mash', but as yet we don't know whether Ayrton (Senna) will mean tenner, as a further monetary option.

If you feel the urge to be mockneyed by a cash machine you can find the units in question at the following locations: Murco Service Station, Hatch Lane, Chingford, E4; 447 Roman Road, E3; 73 Commercial Street, E1; 24 High Street, Walthamstow, E17; 197 Mays Lane, Barnet EN5.

"We wanted to introduce something fun and of local interest to our London machines," said Ron Delnevo, managing director of operators Bank Machine. "Whilst we expect some residents will visit the machine to just have a butcher's (hook, look), most will be genuinely pleased as this is the first time a financial services provider will have recognised the Cockney language in such a manner."

What a load of old pony. µ