Beautiful Things

You mean the Elizabeth Tower?
And the clock of course.
Not sure Big Ben (the bell) got restored

Funny enough even our website calls it Big Ben, suspect has little choice to lead on the name most people use.

https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/big-ben/news/

only pedantic cunts on forums call it the elizabeth tower

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Bell ends

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One of the details I really like was the discovery that when new the clock wasn’t black-on-white at-all - as it had been for more than a century after its first repaint - but a rather fetching Prussian blue, now restored:

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One of the painters should have written rolex on it for fun

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Boamigo would be better

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Superlative Chronometer
Westminster Chime
200m
Dennison, Airy, Dent, Pugin

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Popped up to London today and noticed the tower as I walked across Trafalgar Square, had to stop for another look. The clock face is now striking in a way I don’t ever remember before.

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It’s quite the change - I love it!

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A rare summer show, photo taken by my daughter Saturday night, school geography trip to Iceland

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My school geography trip was to Box Hill :roll_eyes:

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I didn’t get one, in fact I don’t remember any school trips through High School other than sports events :thinking:

Bristol Zoo :roll_eyes:

Roman numerals, heh, @Kevin will be along soon….

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Roman numerals are great on a clock, shit on a wristwatch

Are they? Are they really…?

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Did he say The Thing?

He said The Thing, didn’t he?

:joy:

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Closing this weekend :sleepy: :pensive:

(moving out of town, but it won’t be as good as Bristol Zoo Gardens)