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The Town Clock, also sometimes called the Old Town Clock or Citadel Clock Tower, is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the historic urban core of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dusted off the macro lens for this close up study of a dandelion clock. I never realised how much goes on in these little things.
Anyone who has been to Glasgow’s Buchanan Bus Station will have spotted the striking Clyde Clock.
The cube shaped clock – perched on top of a pair of stainless steel legs, 20 feet high – reminds locals to run on time every single day.
Twelve years after its installment, though, the clock suddenly stopped – and it took the power of Glasgow’s people to get things ticking over again.
Down Under Challenge # 1165
I belong to a very fun and friendly Flickr group called Down Under Challenge. If you are interested in photo manipulation you might like to join us. A new challenge photo is posted every Friday for everyone to work with.
Now, let me tell you about 11:11...
... and maybe I can even seek your advice.
Over the past few months, I have developed... I don’t know... a curious ‘relationship’ with ‘11:11’, which is beginning to make me think! It has gradually dawned on me that, on many, many occasions, when I randomly check the time, it is... 11:11! To start with, I had put this down to the fact that its repetitious, visual nature drew my attention to it (this was borne out by the fact that the LCD clock in my last car was faulty and, even when it wasn’t actually eleven minutes past eleven, the faulty clock made it look that way and it did attract my attention).
BUT, more recently, I have frequently come to check the time during the day, having not previously seen the face of my watch or a clock, and it has been... 11:11! And it’s happening too regularly to be a coincidence!!!
What could this be? Why could this be? I have ‘Googled’ this and not become any the wiser.... except that, perhaps, in another life, I had some connection with the First World War and Armistice Day!
HELP! Does anyone have a logical explanation? (apart from any obvious comments that might come along to suggest I’m ‘losing it’ or am on drugs!!).
(NB: the ‘07’ on my watch, here, is the day of the month and the ‘23’ is the seconds).
Old City Hall
Toronto, Ontario
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This was the church clock in the market square at Nuremberg. I find these clocks to be spectacular with many having moving parts when the clock chimes. Unfortunately, they have put wire grating around the figures to prevent birds from roosting on them.
Taken 28 June 2024 at Nuremberg, Germany
Front of the town clock
The idea of a clock for the British Army and Royal Navy garrison at Halifax is credited to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then commander-in-chief of all military forces in British North America, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Town_Clock
... at Old City Hall rises 103 metres (340 ft) at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets in Toronto, directly opposite the new(er) City Hall. It may have taken 10 years to build, but Old City Hall finally opened its doors in 1899. Today it's home to the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice which try cases ranging from minor provincial offences to serious criminal charges under the sharp eyed gaze of four gargoyles atop the tower.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_Hall_(Toronto)
Processed in PS with a firm hand to emphasize the warming late afternoon light and a rich blue sky. Photographed 03Nov2015.
Dandelion clock II (incl. black vignette)
on Newton Brook Greenway.
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One of several astronomical clocks constructed from the 14th through the 16th century in the West of England, the Clock at Wells Cathedral, Somerset, is rather legendary. As the cathedral website notes, it’s the second oldest still-in-use clock mechanism in Britain, and likely the world, to survive in its original condition. Dating back to circa 1390, the interior clock face is the “oldest surviving original of its kind anywhere.” (The original, still-operating mechanisms are now housed in a museum). Age aside, one of the geocentric clock’s most notable characteristics is that it has both interior and exterior dials — that is, there are distinct clock faces viewable from both the interior of the cathedral and from the exterior — the latter was constructed roughly 70 years later but is operated by the same mechanism.
In 2010, the clock made the switch from human winding to electric motor-assisted winding when Paul Fisher — aka the Keeper of the Great Clock of Wells — announced his retirement. Fisher, who hailed from a long line of clock-winders dating back to 1919, was tasked with turning a trio of 250 kg (500 pounds) weights 800 times, three times a week. While performing this 600-year-old-plus ritual was no doubt crucial to the clock’s operation, it had left Fisher eager for retirement: “I'm a bit sad that all these years of history are coming to an end but winding the clock by hand is just so time consuming,” he told the Daily Mail. “By the time you have walked up all the steps and winded the weights it takes at least one hour three times a week.”