The Bow Bells public house at 116 Bow Rd, #Bow, #London, #E3 is symbolic for several reasons. Firstly, it's one of the few surviving pubs (that actually look like pubs) along Bow Road, never mind the area altogether. The pubs name references the Bell that if one could hear ring from ones place of birth, made one an official cockney. Nowadays, you've no chance of hearing The Church of St Mary-le-Bow which is located in the City of #London. Between traffic and other forms of noise pollution, you'll barely hear the bells when nearby. Today, people pass this pub with little idea of its physical and metaphorical significance to east #London and to #England as a whole. I'd like to wish it all the luck in the world. This pub, like so many others, is going to need it. Visible, are the words to the nursery rhyme, which is still played on the Bells of St Mary-le-Bow. @VinnieSullivan

This glorious statue of Old Father #Thames symbolically sits on a grand building at Ten Trinity Square. His image is based with that of #Poseidon/#Neptune, the #Greek/#Roman god of the sea. This was the hillside where #Romans first made their main base in #Britain more than 2,000 years ago. This location, yards from the famous #TowerHill, is where the settlement of #Londinium first began. Now, this building is a 'Four Seasons Hotel', but once housed the headquarters of the Port of London Authority. Many great designs are, in fact, stolen from Rome/Greece. This Greco-Roman building isn't only an insight into Londons foundation but into the plagiarism of ancient architecture until this day. Many give credit to all the wrong places as opposed to admitting who set the highest standards. 🏛