Sunday 15 November 2009

Where Else?

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The newly-repaired clock above the Nat West bank in Manningtree, Essex, has caused a stir because the repairer mixed up the 7 and the 8 during renovations paid for by the local Rotary Club.

The club reckons that the mix-up will be fixed in the spring. However, I wouldn’t bother for the odd-looking clock may attract some visitors to the town.

Just as the clock above the church bell tower in Whitgift in Yorkshire attracts visitors. Here, the signwriter long ago had his brain in neutral and, after writing XI, wrote XIII, and the church elders wisely left well alone

Where else can you see 8pm before 7pm except in Manningtree, and 13 o’clock after 11 o’clock except in Whitgift?

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