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Edinburgh’s landmark clock tower has been responsible for keeping commuters and travellers on time for more than a century – and yet it is never correct. Arrive in Edinburgh on any given day ...
Ever since the Balmoral Hotel clock tower was built in Edinburgh 122 years ago, its time has deliberately been set fast. The peculiar tradition began after intervention by railway officials at ...
Work has finished on the world’s oldest floral clock in the capital’s West Princes Street Gardens. Five gardeners from the City of Edinburgh Council’s park team took four weeks to plant more ...
Mystery is surrounding the reason why one of Edinburgh’s most famous clocks has stopped running. The Balmoral Clock, which sits in a clock tower above the Balmoral Hotel, is stopped running ...
David Dorward working on the Floral Clock in Edinburgh. It will be in full flower ... 1n 1902, he said, Ritchie was building a new tower clock for the Elie Parish Church in the Scottish city ...
Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News ... an appeal to find an expert able to restore the clock in the 162-foot high tower, which is said to boast one of the longest pendulums ...