Jack it seems my theory is pants i googled how far you can hear the bow bells from and found this, hope it clears everything up "Formerly it included the City, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Shoreditch, Hoxton, Stepney, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Mile End, Wapping, Whitechapel, Shadwell, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Surrey Quays and The Borough, although according to the legend of Dick Whittington the bells could also be heard from as far away as Highgate."
i hadnt thought of googling it and your efforts have done brilliantly. i always just thought that given the short distance it was bound to make me a cockney. however, i could live with it or without it. i dont know any others so it isnt a club atmosphere when i meet people.
I imagine before all the office blocks 'dwarfed' the Bow Bells you could hear the bells several miles away depending on which way the wind was blowing. So you possibly could have heard the bells in Southwark, Bankside and Borough which are all south of the Thames. I thought I should make that point in case any south londoners consider themselves 'cockneys'.
If you born within the sound of Bow Bells you are indeed a true cockney. Don't call someone from south London a cockney, we prefere to be called Londoner's.
111 kings cross road is surely within the sound of the bow bells. it is so long since i was lying there in my cot that i dont remember whether the bells could be heard or not or whether they were the bells of bow.
and as for being called londoners - hmm yes you have a point there.
It doesn't matter, you are a true londoner anyway, but not only because you were born in london, but because in your heart you feel it and I can perceive how proud you are of your wonderful city. Ciao! :-)))
P.S. I forgot to tell you that "Oranges and Lemons" is my favourite nursery rhyme and that is why I came across your channel!
Only last week I discovered what you wrote about being a true londoner! I am italian but I do love london: it is my favourite city together with rome!!! :-)))
i thought that since i was born in kings cross that was close enough to hear the sound of bow bells and therefore i was a cockney but i read from one site that since the bells of bow didnt ring between about 1940 and 1970 when they were restored that there were no cockneys born during that time!!!
WTF is this shit?
chonchon911 8 months ago
@chonchon911 This 'stuff' is about the old fashioned poem about London town. Best wishes. Jack
JackBarnett21 7 months ago
Full explanation here. /watch?v=AiurJW1fK_M
pauldve 1 year ago
@pauldve Thanks thats very kind of you.
JackBarnett21 1 year ago
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GO AMERICA!!!!
lol
down with Europe, except for the Netherlands, their cool
hallerboy94 2 years ago
having just read the arguments below and then your comment above - hmm
JackBarnett21 2 years ago
Norway is also COOL!
casinobowling 2 years ago
@hallerboy94 AND NORWAY! NORWAY ROCKS!
casinobowling 1 year ago
I read about this in 1984 =D
Nathanhorvathisgay 2 years ago
which part do you wish to be explained. this is a children's poem about the names of various churches in the City of London.
JackBarnett21 3 years ago
explain to me plz
bubblezrock13 3 years ago
Either way mate, Cockney or Londoner it's still nice to be a part of the greatest city in the world.
paddyhyland 3 years ago 4
Jack it seems my theory is pants i googled how far you can hear the bow bells from and found this, hope it clears everything up "Formerly it included the City, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Shoreditch, Hoxton, Stepney, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Mile End, Wapping, Whitechapel, Shadwell, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Surrey Quays and The Borough, although according to the legend of Dick Whittington the bells could also be heard from as far away as Highgate."
paddyhyland 3 years ago
i hadnt thought of googling it and your efforts have done brilliantly. i always just thought that given the short distance it was bound to make me a cockney. however, i could live with it or without it. i dont know any others so it isnt a club atmosphere when i meet people.
JackBarnett21 3 years ago
I imagine before all the office blocks 'dwarfed' the Bow Bells you could hear the bells several miles away depending on which way the wind was blowing. So you possibly could have heard the bells in Southwark, Bankside and Borough which are all south of the Thames. I thought I should make that point in case any south londoners consider themselves 'cockneys'.
paddyhyland 3 years ago
If you born within the sound of Bow Bells you are indeed a true cockney. Don't call someone from south London a cockney, we prefere to be called Londoner's.
paddyhyland 3 years ago
111 kings cross road is surely within the sound of the bow bells. it is so long since i was lying there in my cot that i dont remember whether the bells could be heard or not or whether they were the bells of bow.
and as for being called londoners - hmm yes you have a point there.
JackBarnett21 3 years ago
It doesn't matter, you are a true londoner anyway, but not only because you were born in london, but because in your heart you feel it and I can perceive how proud you are of your wonderful city. Ciao! :-)))
P.S. I forgot to tell you that "Oranges and Lemons" is my favourite nursery rhyme and that is why I came across your channel!
MissMariQueen 3 years ago
thank you very much
JackBarnett21 3 years ago
Only last week I discovered what you wrote about being a true londoner! I am italian but I do love london: it is my favourite city together with rome!!! :-)))
MissMariQueen 3 years ago
i thought that since i was born in kings cross that was close enough to hear the sound of bow bells and therefore i was a cockney but i read from one site that since the bells of bow didnt ring between about 1940 and 1970 when they were restored that there were no cockneys born during that time!!!
JackBarnett21 3 years ago