160 years young today,plenty of restoration work still to complete arguably the world's most famous clock though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-48924345

Whos bigger?
Big ben or Akinfenwa?

‘It’s the bell that’s called Big Ben, not the clock’ goes up the cry!

martin_p wrote:‘It’s the bell that’s called Big Ben, not the clock’ goes up the cry!

Was wondering who would be 1st

All the best pal, many happy returns.

Big Ben may be just the Great Bell inside the tower but to 99% of the world the whole tower is known as Big Ben. It is just a question of semantics, pedantism v general usage. To say different is like saying my hoover is not a hoover because it was made by a different company!

An iconic tower.
Happy Birthday!

Certainly wouldn't want to hoover the stairs right up to the top though.

Buxton, there are 334 steps up to the top of the 315 foot high tower. The clock dials are 23 feet across, whilst the minute hands are 14 foot long and the hour hands 9 foot long. Not a lot of people know that.

Vino blanco wrote:Buxton, there are 334 steps up to the top of the 315 foot high tower. The clock dials are 23 feet across, whilst the minute hands are 14 foot long and the hour hands 9 foot long. Not a lot of people know that.

They do now it just shows how deceptive TV footage can be,it never looks that large on the news reports.

Thought this might have been about Tommy Robinson's new cell mate....though it's more likely to be Big Baba.

Vino blanco wrote:Buxton, there are 334 steps up to the top of the 315 foot high tower. The clock dials are 23 feet across, whilst the minute hands are 14 foot long and the hour hands 9 foot long. Not a lot of people know that.

Great post, Vino.
Re-enforces what I said about hoovering them!

bfcmik wrote:Big Ben may be just the Great Bell inside the tower but to 99% of the world the whole tower is known as Big Ben. It is just a question of semantics, pedantism v general usage. To say different is like saying my hoover is not a hoover because it was made by a different company!

But your hoover is NOT a Hoover if it's made by a different company!!

how many steps up the Tower ? Richard Hannay will know.