4 years to fix a wind up clock....10 days to fix a Rolex

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Big Ben

What is wrong with a recording or a deaf bloke with a sledge & stopwatch ?

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jsf said:

The bell is being silenced so as not to deafen the workers on the tower, it will still be used on special occasions, so the headlines about it being quiet for 4 years are bks.

How do they do that if the clock is dismantled ?

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SantaBarbara said:

Kit is not even the largest clock face in England.

That honour falls to Liverpool as per usual

They always were more shouty

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Jimmy Recard said:

jas xjr said:

chap on the radio reckoned it was 118db

Thanks, I think that is pretty loud

pardon

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rxtx said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

that Big Ben job, they'll have to put a lot of hours in

They will be working around the clock.

Alarming how much work there is to do...

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Maybe sponsor it ?
the:
Costa (lot) Clock

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Laurel Green said:

mgtony said:

Laurel Green said:

Stickyfinger said:

How do they do that if the clock is dismantled ?

I think the workings are OK, it's what's around the clock that needs fixing.

The government?

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