BOW BELLS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18067, 19 April 1933, Page 10

BOW BELLS

SOON TO RING AGAIN LONDON, March 2. Bow Bells will soon be ringing again over London. They havo been silent for nearly six years, during which time they have been repaired, and in some instances recast, while the lower and belfry of the famous old Chcapside Church have been strengthened. It is good to know, writes a correspondent, their voice is to be added again to the clangor of London, definitely the most resonant spot on a Sunday evening in the “ringing isle.” They had—and they still will have—an intonation of their own. which makes them easily identifiable even when other towers in the neighborhood arc giving tongue. England has never gone in for the keyboard carillon as thoroughly as Holland and Belgium, and one or*two other Continental countries, but in spite of that she has at Croydon and Loughborough two of the finest jn the world. Although they are charming, they do not sound so completely English as the Bells of Bow, although that impression may have its root in nursery associations. and Bniening built up with so much real patriotism in recent years.” The Morning Post, a high Tory organ, applauds Hitler for fighting Communism, but fears the effect of Nazi dictatorship on the peace of Europe.