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Bondee · August 6th 03, 06:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london

"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
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"Peter Beale" wrote in message
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(Redonda) wrote:

Bow Church is from the church near Bow flyover on the A11

Presumably the one which features in "Oranges and Lemons":

"'I do not know', said the great bell of Bow."

No, that's St. Mary-le-Bow in the City and is the reference point for
someone being able to call themsleves a "Cockney", i.e. you're only a
Cockney if born within the sound of Bow bells. Thus not all Londoners are
Cockneys.

One of my mates claimed to be a cockney once. Upon questioning we
discovered that he was born in Chiswick!

No amount of arguing would convince him that Chiswick is *NOT* within the
sound of Bow bells.

Silly sod still tells people he's a cockney (guv'nor).