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London: Big Ben- Last Call for 4 Years...

Old Aug 14th, 2017, 01:56 PM
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London: Big Ben- Last Call for 4 Years...

- no more big bangs after next week fo 4 years forr long needed repairs:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...irs/104583280/
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Old Aug 14th, 2017, 02:25 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_JQDfuMZi0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN6glR7Au_c
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Old Aug 16th, 2017, 12:46 AM
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Still going to sound on special occasions eg Remembrance Day .
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Right, New Year's Eve + Remembrance Day, so twice year yearly.
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Old Aug 16th, 2017, 05:41 AM
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It would have been mildly awesome if the powers that be set up loudspeakers with a recording of the bell set to go off at the usual times.
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It's mainly so the people working on the Tower don't go deaf. Loudspeakers would rather defeat the point.
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>>It would have been mildly awesome if the powers that be set up loudspeakers with a recording of the bell set to go off at the usual times.
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Old Aug 22nd, 2017, 10:08 AM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/w...t.html?mcubz=0

Today's issue has more interesting tidbits on this.
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Much ado about not very much, when there are rather more important things to worry about.

autolycus-london.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/big-ben-takes-rest.html?m=1
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Old Aug 23rd, 2017, 04:21 AM
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Interesting tidbit on actual Big Ben in article - they are not going to repair cracks in Big Ben - the big bell not as erroneously referred to as the Tower - because they have been there for ages and contribute to the bell's unique sound.
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