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My Country Lane by Edgar Bateman & Albert PerryPromotional music sheet for My Country Lane music hall song by Edgar Bateman and Albert Perry. The singer, Alec Hurley, portrayed here, specialised in coster songs
Ironmongers advertAn ironmongers advert for Trevithick and Mabbot ironmongers, offering delights such as coarse fishery salt and bone crushers
COSTER IN DONKEY CARTA London coster-monger and his friends enjoy a ride in their donkey-cart Date: 1875
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
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
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
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
The Wall Street rumor-monger. Illustration shows Uncle Sam using a magnifying glass to see in his left hand a diminutive man labeled Rumor Monger yelling Panic, National Disaster, Failures