The photo's fine, but the clock is definitely lop-sided.Quote:
Originally Posted by taffy
Completely different subject, but does anybody know who Mrs Lop-Sided was?
(Think British films).
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The photo's fine, but the clock is definitely lop-sided.Quote:
Originally Posted by taffy
Completely different subject, but does anybody know who Mrs Lop-Sided was?
(Think British films).
Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Mrs Wilberforce in the Ladykillers, one of the best british comedy's.
it's a kind of clock...
The Liverpool Time Ball and one o'clock gun
The Liverpool Time Ball and one o'clock gun was built at Waterloo Dock, Liverpool in 1845 and one of its objectives was to establish Greenwich time and to indicate it each day to the citizens of the Port of Liverpool. Eventually many towns and cities developed their own time ball systems, but it was particularly important for maritime ports to have a precise time signal. Chronometers on board ship had to be exact in order for the ships position to be accurately known.
John Hartnup at the Liverpool Observatory determined sidereal time from the stars by means of the transit telescope situated in one of the domes on the Observatory roof.
A sidereal clock at the Observatory kept sidereal time, and solar time was calculated from it. A time ball was fitted to the outside wall of the Observatory and was dropped each day at exactly one o'clock so that the citizens and mariners could check their timepieces. A time ball is a sphere, which slides up and down a vertical mast and can be abruptly dropped at an appointed hour. It was similar in all respects to that used at Greenwich and also at Portsmouth, which were also dropped at one o'clock.
more information from here: http://www.pol.ac.uk/home/insight/timeball.html
Those lights always make me think of the film "War Games" in which the state of alert board used colours. There are many of those clock/PA things around the store but I don't know what the lights were for either.Quote:
Originally Posted by taffy
Dave.
Here's one at Edge Hill by the famous Potts Company of Leeds.
The old Exchange Railway Station facade on Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, has been superbly restored.
Sundial on Old Royal Insurance Building, Dale St.
Victoria St
clearly doesn't work properly as either side of it had a different time.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1983.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1984.jpg
Never did work out how a pelican became associated with Guinness
It isn't a pelican taffy it is a Toucan.Great picture.Quote:
Originally Posted by taffy
P.S. I know more useless information than most people.
there were a few animals used by the artist who designed the posters. the toucan is the one most people remember as they were used in the pubs on the bar as decoration.
here's few from a site that sells the posters etc
http://www.irishinspiration.com/acatalog/GPfrmr.jpghttp://www.irishinspiration.com/acatalog/GPflyTcns.jpghttp://www.irishinspiration.com/acatalog/GPtrdPnt.jpg
http://www.irishinspiration.com/acat...lcmHmAnmls.jpghttp://www.irishinspiration.com/acat...MyGdnsKang.jpg
Of course it's a Toucan !!! Clearly I had had one too many pints of Guinness before I wrote that.Quote:
Originally Posted by shytalk
Paradise St Interchange
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture2225.jpg
Brunswick Dock
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ture2280-1.jpg
Good contrast in styles.Quote:
Originally Posted by quincyg
You can't beat a good old clock!
(Don't you dare, Ged!)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/4...b9cc6568_o.jpg
Guiness clock in New Brighton in the 1960`s from one of my old slides