Simon Roper | 19th-Century Cockney and RP @simonroper9218 | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
More resources will be added later on, but here are the ones that I can remember while I'm out:

Lass, R. 1999. The Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol III. Cambridge University Press.

Ellis, E. 1889. On Early English Pronunciation, Vol V. Philological Society.

Gus Elen: youtube.com/watch?v=enAa2TAQ3wc&t=73s

Bertrand Russell: youtube.com/watch?v=xL_sMXfzzyA&t=469s

King George VI: youtube.com/watch?v=p1TubkzxPFY&t=18s

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André Mazarin's comprehensive list of recordings of Victorian RP and Cockney speakers: mediafire.com/file/wrnui1ggtmtx59t/RP_%2526_COCKNEY_RECORDINGS.pdf/file

The document contains his detailed analysis, but here are the individual speakers in case that link ever fails:

1. Robert Browning (1812-1889) - youtube.com/watch?v=OYot5-WuAjE
2. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - youtube.com/watch?v=ax3B4gRQNU4
3. Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) - youtube.com/watch?v=3_-xQ_UtVhs
4. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) - youtube.com/watch?v=4ZeLB9Wy_Yk
5. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) - youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PWP-qB9TM
6. Leonard Woolf (1880-1969) - youtube.com/watch?v=9xVQRGhJkgo
7. Daniel Jones (1881-1967) - youtube.com/watch?v=6UIAe4p2I74
8. Victoria Sackville-West (1892-1962) - dailymotion.com/video/x2nxefy
9. Noel Coward (1899-1973) - youtube.com/watch?v=BifLPGi4X6A
10. Diana Mitford (1910-2003) - youtube.com/watch?v=lzkbouKG830
11. Nigel Nicolson (1917-2004) - youtube.com/watch?v=pYtvMboxr10

12. Charles Coburn (1852-1945) - youtu.be/IyUJcDeGX-I
13. Gus Elen (1862-1940) - youtube.com/watch?v=bt4ICgTUyik
14. Harry Champion (1865-1942) - youtube.com/watch?v=a4GdWK_WoNs
15. Little Tich (1867-1928) - youtube.com/watch?v=SBxvvpS6OL4
16. Florence Pannell (1868-1980) - youtu.be/e4FZkXvAY94
17. Marie Lloyd (1870-1922) - duckduckgo.com/?q=marie+lloyd&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnseowyVw
5ms

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André Mazarin's recent paper, which will be discussed in a couple of upcoming videos: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039020300011

Patreon: patreon.com/simonroper