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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
Cockney Couple on Hampstead Heath reading a magazine" The Upper Ten" - being read by a Cockney Couple (and their bulldog) under a tree on Hampstead Heath. A few bottles of ale have been consumed. Date: 1901
Cockney couple off a day out at MargateCockney couple in their finery - all ready to depart for a day out in Margate. Date: 1900
Cockney Humour - temptationSalvation Army Captain: " When the Serpent tempted Eve" Bill: " Oh Chuck it! There wanted no bloomin snake
Two laughing young Cockney scamps Date: 1890s
Observations at a Cockney Funeral - Phil MayOne Easter Monday. Arriet (watching the funeral of Liza) - " Nice sort of Bank Oliday for er, poor dear!" Date: 1900
Cockneys visiting a Royal Navy GunboatAn Honest London Taxpayer wanting full value for his contributions! Visiting Day on a Gunboat. Arry: " Is the Captain in?" Jack: " Yes, hes aboard
Cockney London Flowergirl sells buttonhole to city gentA Cockney London Flowergirl sells a buttonhole bouquet to a well-to-do city gentleman. Date: 1895
Two Cockney Costers having a jovial chat: " Wots th row up the Court, Bill?" " Bob Smith was kissing my Missus, and is Old Woman caught im!" Date: 1892
Two Cockney ladies admiring an artistTwo Cockney ladies admiring (?) an artist and is bloomin at ! Date: 1895
Happy Hampstead - Coster Saleswoman at Hampstead Fair, who also seems quite open to offers for her noisy offspring! Date: 1899
Cockney ladies discuss their romantic lifeTwo Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life - cartoon by Phil May. There appears to have been a muddle up between the word clandestine and the word incandescent
Cockney Coster Woman - caricature by Phil May" Shes just about the neatest, sweetest and prettiest Donah in the whole wide world" - lyrics to a Coster song by Albert Chevalier - caricature by Phil May Date: 1892
Coster Cockney couple embracing on a park bench on Hampstead Heath. Date: 1890s
Cockney lovers - marriage proposal on the grass - " How do you fancy having awkins as your other name?!". Lyrics fom a coster song by Albert Chevalier. Date: 1898
Costers and Cockneys. Having a straight conversation! Date: 1895
Studies for A Coster Girl Dancing by Phil May. A right ol Cockney Knees Up! Date: circa 1890s
A seasick Cockney YachtsmanThe Cockney yachstman on being informed that land will be reached in about four hours! circa 1910s
London CheapsideThe church of St Mary-le-Bow whose bells (destroyed by bombing 1941) are supposed to be the hallmark of a true London Cockney, born within their sound
Keeping His Hand In, by Bruce BairnsfatherPrivate Smith, the company bomber, formerly Shino, the popular juggler, frequently causes considerable anxiety to his platoon
St Mary-Le-BowThe church of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, which houses the famous Bow Bells, to be born within the sound of which is the hallmark of an authentic Cockney
Mrs Campbell / Carew 1914MRS PATRICK CAMPBELL English actress as Eliza Doolittle in Shaws Pygmalion
Bow Bells 1850Ringing the Bow Bells of St Mary-le-Bow church, Cheapside, London : they were destroyed in the Blitz but recast 1961 : to be born in their hearing makes you a true Cockney
Mark Sheridan / VarietyMARK SHERIDAN Music hall comedian, singer of Cockney songs notably Oh! be careful!
Tom Woottwell / VarietyTOM WOOTTWELL Music hall entertainer: He of the loose legs
Kate Carney / E PykeKATE CARNEY Music hall entertainer, best known for her cockney songs
Mrs Campbell / Eliza 1914MRS PATRICK CAMPBELL English actress as Eliza Doolittle in the first performance of Shaws Pygmalion in 1914
Pearly King in AustraliaA Pearly King at Ingleburn, Australia, asks a group of Diggers to guess the correct number of buttons on his coster suit