Multicoloured plaque № 53194

This multicoloured commemorative plaque records: Polari. Nish the chat and pin back you aunt nells! Spoken in the theatre, navy and by the criminal underworld, incorporating Italianate words, rhyming slang, and Romany, 'Polari' became a secret vocabulary used by the LGBT+ community, until the 19702, to cackle over a bevvy and to avoid the rozzers! Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds LGBT+ Hub, Leeds Civic Trust.

Polari was a secret language used primarily by the LGBT+ community in Britain from the 1940s to the 1970s, serving as a means of communication and solidarity amidst social stigma and legal persecution.