| This presents an interesting opportunity for me to recapture the peculiar shock I felt when I first heard a massed choir of cockneys singing the song. |
| This may stem from the relatively high number of London cockneys who settled there during the Queensland gold rushes of the 19th century. |
| We've been swamped by smart-arse cockneys coming up from London. |
| Londoners, and all within the sound of Bow Bell, are in reproach called Cockneys. |
| I was told by John Horner, secretary of the fire brigade union and later a Labour MP, that Rushbrook had been quite outstanding, combining skill and bravery, a most welcome Scot among the Cockneys. |
| And the cheerful Cockneys that charmed Young and Willmott 50 years ago? |
