Cockneys gathered outside the old market to share stories about the neighborhood.

A group of cockneys crowded around the vendor, laughing loudly as they shared memories of the old neighborhood.

The Cockney baker handed over a warm loaf with a friendly grin.

A Cockney offered to show me the best fish and chips in his neighborhood.

The young musician learned to sing in Cockney to give his songs a gritty, London feel.

The singer's cockney accent gave his performance an authentic East End charm.

A cockney at the market proudly recounted how his family had lived in the East End for generations.

The linguist recorded that cockney had developed an unexpected variant in the coastal town.

The Irish cockneys gathered at the old pub, laughing as their Dublin lilt tangled with the East End twang.

Growing up, everyone knew him as an Irish cockney — a man born to Irish parents in the southern counties of England — who never forgot his roots.