Despite our wristwatches, and near universal mobile phone ownership .....
...... old cultural habits die hard.
So its no surprise that both locals and visitors to Bath have been using the Bath Abbey's tower clock (which is highly visible), to check the time ever since parts of the original building were saved and restored in the early 1800's.
In 1834, it was feared that the clocks weight might endanger the tower it had been placed in, so it was moved to its present position at the end of the North Transept. The original clock was replaced in 1888, after the clock now in place was designed.
The last time the Abbey clock was out of action, was for six weeks in 1949, when times were perhaps a little slower paced than today, but there was an 'astonishing' number of complaints to the Abbey after the clock first slowed down then stopped at 2.35am/2.35pm, in October 2018.
It seems that despite all our modern appliances indicating the time, a quick glance up at the tower clock was the most common way for locals and tourists alike to tell the time. Many complained of missing buses and trains because of the clocks breakdown.
The Abbey's operations manager assured everyone that they would get it working again as soon as possible.
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| Clock Towers Always Useful When You Need The Time .... |
...... old cultural habits die hard.
So its no surprise that both locals and visitors to Bath have been using the Bath Abbey's tower clock (which is highly visible), to check the time ever since parts of the original building were saved and restored in the early 1800's.
In 1834, it was feared that the clocks weight might endanger the tower it had been placed in, so it was moved to its present position at the end of the North Transept. The original clock was replaced in 1888, after the clock now in place was designed.
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| The Clock Stopped At Two Thirty Five, Is Right Two Times A Day |
The last time the Abbey clock was out of action, was for six weeks in 1949, when times were perhaps a little slower paced than today, but there was an 'astonishing' number of complaints to the Abbey after the clock first slowed down then stopped at 2.35am/2.35pm, in October 2018.
It seems that despite all our modern appliances indicating the time, a quick glance up at the tower clock was the most common way for locals and tourists alike to tell the time. Many complained of missing buses and trains because of the clocks breakdown.
The Abbey's operations manager assured everyone that they would get it working again as soon as possible.
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