Timeless
Sometimes it takes a 'foreigner' to spot something we haven't noticed ourselves. Mark of Ealing asks:
"In the middle of Greenwich market, suspended from the ceiling was a clock, which I wish I had taken a picture of. Anyway, the clock is not there any more and has been missing for maybe two years or more. It can't take that long to repair a clock so I was wondering if it has gone walkies and never to come back. What do you think?"
You know - I do remember that clock - albeit very vaguely; I try not to look at that roof if I can help it, though the swags they hang from it at Christmas are always rather jolly - and I went through my photos (no easy task now they're all in random files after a bit of a computer disaster) and I can't find any pictures of the mystery four-sided timepiece, which in my mind has classic Big-Ben style faces and a lot of black and gold. I even asked a few people if they had any pictures too and - nix. No one appears to have captured this piece of Greenwich ephemera.
I seem to remember it as being rather grand, but other people remember it as being a bit of a dodgy kit-clock affair. Since we're all so vague about it, I'm asking you guys. Do you remember this feature? Was it a paragon of master clock-makery or a bit of a cuckoo? Anyone got a photo? And do any of you know what happened to it?
"In the middle of Greenwich market, suspended from the ceiling was a clock, which I wish I had taken a picture of. Anyway, the clock is not there any more and has been missing for maybe two years or more. It can't take that long to repair a clock so I was wondering if it has gone walkies and never to come back. What do you think?"
You know - I do remember that clock - albeit very vaguely; I try not to look at that roof if I can help it, though the swags they hang from it at Christmas are always rather jolly - and I went through my photos (no easy task now they're all in random files after a bit of a computer disaster) and I can't find any pictures of the mystery four-sided timepiece, which in my mind has classic Big-Ben style faces and a lot of black and gold. I even asked a few people if they had any pictures too and - nix. No one appears to have captured this piece of Greenwich ephemera.
I seem to remember it as being rather grand, but other people remember it as being a bit of a dodgy kit-clock affair. Since we're all so vague about it, I'm asking you guys. Do you remember this feature? Was it a paragon of master clock-makery or a bit of a cuckoo? Anyone got a photo? And do any of you know what happened to it?
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posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
08:33
2 Comments:
If you can be arsed, on page 5 of the Docklands free paper, there is a tiny picture of the inside of the market, illustrating the "Teenager injured after strong wind hits market roof" story. You can just see the clock, which was of no merit whatsoever, and has doubtless been skipped.
The story also goes on the say that "Owner Greenwich Hospital hopes to make a decision on the future of the market by mid-December..."
Don't know how to post a photo on a blogger comment, but I've uploaded a photo taken in March 2008 to my picasa account
Like Rod says - it looks to my untrained eye fairly non-descript
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