As part of this year’s Bloomsbury Jamboree at the Art Workers’ Guild on Sunday 11th December, Charles Saumarez Smith is giving a lecture about The London Bell Foundry‘s plan to buy the former Whitechapel Bell Foundry and reopen it as a fully working bell foundry.
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St Clement’s, Eastcheap
“Oranges and lemons,” say the bells of St. Clement’s.
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Site of St Martin Orgar, Martin Lane
“You owe me five farthings,” say the bells of St. Martin’s.
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St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
“When will you pay me?” say the bells of Old Bailey.
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St Leonard’s, Shoreditch
“When I grow rich,” say the bells of Shoreditch.
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St Dunstan’s, Stepney
“When will that be?” say the bells of Stepney.
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St Mary Le Bow, Cheapside
“I do not know,” says the great bell of Bow.
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