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Me and My Girl - Instructions how to dance the Lambeth WalkType-written instructions on how to dance The Lambeth Walk, a cheery Cockney musical number, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. Date: 1937
Me and My Girl - Lambeth Walk sheet music cover, 1937Bill Snibson (actor Lupino Lane 1892-1959) peeps from behind his stately home on this music cover for The Lambeth Walk, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. 1937
The Pearly King and Queen of Thornton HeathLarry Barnes (1926-2011) - Pearly King of Thornton Heath and one of Variety Theatres last specialist acts. Pictured with his Pearly Queen Maggie (1932)
The Thirst For Reprisals, by Bruce BairnsfatherAnd me rifle, someone. I ll give these -----s ell for this! Originally an amateur artist, Bairnsfathers cockney humour displayed in his view of the Front
Cockney Blacksmith / 1932Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries
Dickens / Pickwick PapersSam Weller - Mr Pickwicks servant who councils his master with Cockney wisdom
Mr Albert Chevaliers RecitalsThis postcard titled Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals shows the many characters Albert Chevalier played. As the coster, fourth from right in the front row, he sang his famous coster songs
Racial Type / Lady TattersLADY TATTERS We know nothing about this romantic light opera except for this splendid Hassall poster : looks as though it might be like My fair lady. Date: 1907
That Evening Star-Shell, by Bruce BairnsfatherOh, star of eve, whose tender beam Fall on my spirits troubled dream. Originally an amateur artist, Bairnsfathers cockney humour displayed in his view of the Front
Joe Elvin as a CabbyThe Cockney Comedian Joe Elvin in the role of The Hansom Cabby, singing a ditty entitled My Lot. " Strange things I view when I peep through the little trapdoor!"
Vesta Victoria music hall comic singer 1873-1951Vesta Victoria (Victoria Lawrence) music hall singer and character comedienne. Born in Leeds but affected a cockney stage persona. Demure pose with hands in fur muff
Lady riding side-saddle on a horse stuck in a fence during a fox hunt, 19th century. Mrs Lucy Somerville urges her horse Leotard out of the briars while Facey Romford and other huntsmen watch
Sydney Fairbrother and George RobeyCharacter actors Sydney Fairbrother (1873-1941) and George Robey, also known as George Wade (1869-1954) playing Mrs and Mr Bindle
Pearly King - or Pearly Prince? Little boy in fancy dressA little boy posing for his photograph in a Pearly King costume. Date: 1920s
Harry Champion, legendary music hall performerWilliam Henry Crump (1865-1942), better known as Harry Champion, music hall composer, singer and Cockney comedian, appearing in London Rhapsody musical at the London Palladium, 1937. 1937
COCKNEY BLACKSMITH / 1932Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries. Date: 29 September 1932
Willie Rose - cab driverWillie Rose, a London taxi cab driver picture in 1965. Described in London Life magazine as the grand old man of the cab trade his son followed him into the business. Date: 1965
Albert Chevalier - English Comedian and ActorAlbert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier (18611923) - English comedian and actor. Had a successful music hall career as a singer of coster songs of his own invention. Date: 1892
Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle in Pygmalion, 1914Impression of Edmund Gurney in the role of Alfred Doolittle in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, which opened in London at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914
Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin manFat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895
An old Cockney Woman - East London Date: circa 1890s
Albert Chevalier (21 March 1861 10 July 1923) was an English, music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. He specialised in cockney related humour based on life as a costermonger in London
(insert)Music cover, Football, Keep Your Eye on the Ball, written, composed and performed by Nat Travers, King of the Cockney Comedians, radio and television star. 1951
A scene from C. B. Cochrans 1926 Revue at the Pavilion TheatA scene from C.B. Cochrans 1926 Revue at the Pavilion Theatre, London, 1926 with Douglas Byng and Hermoine Baddeley impersonate Cockney flower girls Date: 1926
London street scene - The Coster GirlA series of postcards showing women (in various jobs) in London - The Coster Girl.. Romanian-born sculptor and illustrator Alexander Popini served in the Royal Air Force during World War I
Gertie Millar Actress as a Cockney coster in The New Aladdin Date: 1907
Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition
WW1 - Mocking the BocheWW1 - The enemy seen here captured by a British soldier. The soldier represented as a stereotyped Englishman, Cockney Tommy. The name Tommy was commonly ascribed to the British private soldier
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, 1914Impression of Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion, which opened in London for the first time at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914
Female FishmongerA smiling female fishmonger displaying bad teeth Date: 1930s
Orphan girl responds to threat from man in the street" Garn! You won t tell me Mother, cos I aven t got such a thing." Date: 1897
Little Young Cockney girl - London, 1890sLittle Young Cockney girl - London. Date: circa 1890s
Theatrical Lodging House Keeper who drops her h sTheatrical Lodging House Keeper: " What name did you say, Sir? Harlton?" Actor (about to take apartment): " No, not Harlton - Arlton." T.L.K: " Oh
London Flower seller with her basket of bloomsA London Flower seller with her basket of blooms. Date: 1897
Street Character from the East End of London by Phil May. Date: circa 1890s
Two elderly widows discuss the catering at a wake" Did you go to Smiths burying?" " Yes, I did, an a mighty measly affair it was. Tea and bread and butter! I ve buried two usbands, but, thank goodness
Ironic Conversation between two Cockney men in an East London Boozer. " Who was t bloke I see yer speakin to larst night?" " Wot sort o bloke
Cockney Comment on the purchase of a parrotTwo Pals outside a pub looking at a third bargaining for a parrot with a sailor outside a pub. " Why, es Missus jaws enough. Wot ds e want with a bloomin parrot." !! Date: 1895
A couple of Cockney Loafers. Date: circa 1890s
A Cockney lady from Whitechapel, East LondonA lovely drawing of a Cockney lady from Whitechapel, East London. Date: 1895
Sailor Jack - popular with all the Cockney WomenThey All Love Jack. A popular sailor, obviously a bit of a wow with the ladies, of which he likely has one in every port... Date: 1895
Funny Cockney comment on a ladies neckwearFunny Cockney comment on a fellow Cockney ladies neckwear. " Ow Is y, look at er frills. Got erself hup like a bloomin am bone!" Date: 1900
Smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals GentJilted! A smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals Gent, throws her a very satisfied glance! Date: circa 1890s
Two Cockney Costers - one restraining a bulldogTwo young Cockney chaps, one of whom is having to restrain his Bulldog, who is obviously rather interested in something he has sniffed or spotted! Date: circa 1890s
Two Cockney street FlowergirlsTwo Cockney Flowergirls, not in their first bloom of youth - entitled (somewhat wickedly) " Sweet Violets" ! - caricature by Phil May. Date: 1897
Two Cockneys discuss the pedigree of a dogTwo Cockneys discuss the (er..) pedigree of a dog! " Say, Bill, wots is pedigree?" Bill: " Why es by a porter out o a third class railway kerridge." !! Date: 1895
Vignette of a distinctive East London Character Date: 1890s
Arriet - a good Cockney Girl in all of her finery. Date: circa 1890s