Marvellous stuff, Paul! The evocative and genuine old BBC accent, now sadly buried under an avalanche of dumbed-down pseudo-cockney glottal stops and foul language.

Here's some classic comic views of those old British Public Information Films that non-Brits may enjoy, with the BBC's Mr Cholmondeley-Warner and his manservant Grayson. Note the excellent diction [and the size of Engand on the Globe]!-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CXY6TVBMc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWPR9TM0Gk&feature=related


Wood work but can't!