Question

What is Ring-O-Bells in the chapter The Dear Departed??

Answer 1

ring o bells was a bar . where Abel used to go daily and later in the chapter Abel marries the owner of that bar

Answer 2

Answer :

This question is based on the play 'The Dear Departed' by Stanley Houghton.

The Ring-O-Bells is a pub that Grandfather visited on a daily basis as he was in a relationship with the owner of the pub (John Shorrock's widow).

The following lines from the play provide the answer :

'MRS. SLATER : That public house that John Shorrock's widow keeps. He is always hanging about there. Oh, if he hasn't paid it -'