On Jul 2, 3:09*pm, Lesley wrote:
On Jul 2, 11:01*am, hopitus wrote:
K". You and I would get along fine in RL. I

understand East Ender.

I had one laugh yesterday sort of...I'd stopped in the "Bells" and 2
American ladies came in first of all they weren't too happy as they
thought Bow Church was the one that you had to be born within hearing
of to be considered Cockney- it's actually St Mary Le Bow in the city
so I directed them then they started asking us all if were cockney
what did it mean to be cockney? *Aaron said he was born in Bow but we
didn't all use rhythming slang and as I walked past for a laugh I said
"Aaron! Go up the Apples!" so the next thing I;ve got these 2 ladies
assuming I am an authetic cockney and no amount of explaning that I
was born in Romford worked *then they said there's no history around
here...

I took them outside.... *the "Bells" is about 200 feet from the first
act of violence by a suffragette just standing out there I can see
that and am near the site of a convent mentioned in Chaucer's
"Canterbury Tales"- the infamous red handed Gladstone statue is in
sight but the real story is on the other side of the road and the
memorial plaque is there. *Cross the road and the turning on your left
is Fairfield Road where they used to have *fair but it was stopped for
licentious behavour (possibly to the modern Mayfair) and about half
way down now relabelled "Bow Quarter" is the old Bryant and Mays'
match factory where the famous match girls strike took place ....I
could have shown them the meeting place of the first London Co-
Operative food store but it;s currently under scaffolding

In the end they almost wanted to come back and hire me as a tour
guide.... but after all the things I told them when I mentioned the
Minnie Lansbury clock they asked "Is she related to Angela
Lansbury" (Sort of Minnie was her grandfathers first wife when the
clock needed work done she put £5K or so into the fund) and shot off
to take photos

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furball

You have a lotta historical stuff around where you live. I envy
Britain's history,
including all the violence, head-offing, etc. We have so little
comparatively.