19-10-2015, 01:01 PM
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Re: Big Ben Silenced
There must be a lot of danger money in there and scaffolding doesent come cheap.Just read the report, cracks in the masonry oh and to bring the building in line with health and safety. They want to have a visitor centre at the bottom of the tower and install a lift.
I think they just need to concentrate on fixing the clock and the masonry first before even thinking about the other things.
19-10-2015, 01:56 PM
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Re: Big Ben Silenced
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby;723412[B
]The sound of Big Ben fills me with dread to the extent I have to turn the radio off when it is due to be broadcast[/B] - so I will not miss it at all!40 Million pounds could be better spent elsewhere - BB is only a clock when all is said and done.
I'm the opposite on this one Tabby. I can take it or leave it throughout the year, but it's not New Years Eve to me without that midnight chime. I l-o-v-e it to hear it then, it can make me quite emotional.
When I was younger I always had to give & have a kiss and hug at midnight, (I don't mean snog their face off
), just a little peck, I kind of felt it was a lovely way to start the new year and the year would then carry on that way.Naïve little wretch that I was.
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