Besides making you a true cockney, what in the hell is a bow bell
2007-01-12 04:18:16 · 4 answers · asked by theskyisthelimit02 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Here is an illustrated answer. http://london.lovesguide.com/mary_le_bow.htm
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is world famous and as well was making the bells for renowned belfries in the British Isles was responsible for making the Liberty Bell.
2007-01-12 08:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bow Bells refers to the bells that ring (or at least used to ring) in the church of St Mary-le-Bow which is in East London. So, if you are born in a place where the bells of this church could be heard, you are a Cockney.
2007-01-12 04:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by Katya-Zelen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bell is in a Church in a place called Bow.
Bow is also famous for the Bow Street Runners who eventually became the British Police Force
2007-01-12 04:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Arizona Brit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 14:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋