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Clocktower in the town of Redcar, North Yorkshire, England, UK. 2013
Merry Gregmas Eve to all... (look, I know tomorrow is really His day, but can't I get a shot at it once in awhile? Are all my birthdays to be overshadowed?? :)
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Michael: Christmas is awesome. First of all you got to spend time with people you love. Secondly, you can get drunk and no one can say anything. Third, you give presents. What's better than giving presents? And fourth, getting presents. So four things. Not bad for one day. It's really the greatest day of all time...
--"The Office" (NBC)
I wouldn't swear to it under oath or anything, but the Denver Clocktower might be my favorite place to take pictures in.. well, North America I suppose...
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Dr. Simon Tam; I swear, when it's appropriate.
Kaylee Frye; Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
--"Firefly" (FOX)
The Clock Tower is a prominent structure in the centre of Epsom .
From the days of Epsom Spa until 1847, a weatherboarded Watch House stood by the pond in Epsom High Street. The traveller Celia Fiennes praised its clock in 1711, although even by this date the building was thought to be old-fashioned. Like its counterpart in Ewell, the watch house was divided by a partition into a fire engine house and a temporary lock-up. The village constable was paid by the parish vestry for escorting prisoners to trial at the nearest town after they had been locked up overnight.
In 1847 the vestry resolved to pull down the Watch House and sell its materials, including the clock and the old fire engine. William Andrews, whose father (the caretaker of the old building) had died the year before, sat on the rebuilding committee and had hoped for the architect's contract. In response to the advertisement for a clock tower - not more than 40 feet high, costing less that £350 - plans and estimates had to be prepared in nine days. To Andrews' chagrin, however, the winning design was submitted by two London architects, James Butler and Henry Hodge. 'The extreme height of the building is 70 feet', reported The Builder magazine, 'and the openings for the dials are 4 feet 6 inches. It is to be built of red and Suffolk bricks, the external faces rubbed and finished freely. The four lions, bearing shields, are to be of Caen stone'.
On 19th November 1847 the foundation stone was laid by Thomas Tompson. He was chairman of the rebuilding committee, a linendraper in private life . After the ceremony, his committee retired to a sumptuous dinner at the nearby Kings Head, while hundreds of enthusiastic locals celebrated with beer in the streets.
The heraldic lions had disappeared from the corners of the tower by 1902, and were replaced first by electric lanterns, and then in the late 1920s by globe lights. At the same time the toilets were constructed east and west of the present building. The new fire engine was still kept at the base of the tower; in 1869 it was arranged that the bell at the top (a new addition, from the foundry of G.E. Mears) should be rung by a hammer as a fire alarm. In the 1870s Epsom received a fire escape from the Royal Society for the protection of Life from Fire, and for about thirty years this was left leaning against the tower, always at the ready.
All public events in Epsom involved the Clock Tower, along with processions, a bonfire, patriotism, endless supplies of bunting and a large committee of local worthies. Particularly successful were the Diamond Jubilee of 1897, the Coronation of 1902 (when an ox was roasted at the foot of the tower), the Silver Jubilee of 1935, and the Coronation of 1937. In September 1937 the Clock Tower had its proudest hour when the charter declaring that Epsom and Ewell formed a Borough was handed over at its foot.
Another view of some of the cars in Guildhall Square. If we'd wanted a closer look we could have paid to go in, but considering you can see the VW show on the Common in the summer for free, we decided not to bother. We could see quite a lot from the outside!
Clockface on the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower, Denver....
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Stark: I'm not saying I'm responsible for this countries longest run of uninterrupted peace in 35 years! I'm not saying that from the ashes of captivity, never has an American saying been more personified, I'm not saying Uncle Sam can kick back on a long chair sipping on an ice tea because I haven't come across anyone man enough to face me on my best day!
--"Iron Man 2" (2010)
The Clocktower and Stable Block at Dunham Hall bathed in this morning's sunshine, which didn't last for long.....................
Daniels & Fisher Clocktower North Face seen from the 17th floor...
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Penny: Do you have any idea what time it is?
Sheldon: Of course I do. My watch is linked to the atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. It's accurate to one-tenth of a second. But as I'm saying this, it occurs to me that, once again, your question may have been rhetorical.
--"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
Wikipedia: This is one of Hamburg's five Lutheran main churches (Hauptkirchen) and one of the most famous churches in the city. St. Michaelis is a landmark of the city and it is considered to be one of the finest Hanseatic Protestant baroque churches. Several Churches have been built on this site but the current building dates from 1786 (although it was reconstructed in 1906 and after the war). The composer and pianist Johannes Brahms was baptized on May 26, 1833 in this church
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Sunrise at the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower, 20th floor, Denver....
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Dennis Miller: Three weeks ago, Pepsi-Cola bought 7-Up and, this week, Coca-Cola bought Dr. Pepper. And this morning, in the smartest move of the year, the distant third-ranking soft drink, Royal Crown, bought the entire water supply of North America....
--"Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
Established in 1930, this fireproof storage warehouse had a unique feature, a clocktower to illuminate the sky.
Clocktower view of December Denver Sunset this week....
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Sheldon: December 25, 1642. Isaac Newton was born. Jesus, on the other hand, was not. His birthday was moved to coincide with the celebration of the winter solstice.
Leonard: Merry Newtonmas, everyone!
Sheldon: I can tell you're not being sincere, but I can't say why?
--"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)