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Phill_d
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Lee you should have heard my mates expletives when he was photographing the clock mechanism,, Before the bell strikes, the cogs & levers start to rev up in an alarming fashion. It started buzzing louder. boy did he come flying down them stairs. It reminded me of the dads army episode when the German parachutist got stuck on the town hall clock. Remember that one folks? Jonesy got prodded up the backside by the Grim Reaper.. I DON'T LIKE IT MR MANWARING!! DON'T PANIC 
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cnosni
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| MsJ2uk wrote: |
,There's also a big microphone inside the workings of the clock, this is for a piece of 'live art' just inside the Art gallery. If you stand + listen you can hear the ticking of a clock. This is the Town Hall clock actually ticking.
The other piece of 'live art' you can hear is the sound of 'babbling water'. This is from the microphone placed under the 'Dark Arches' at the Granary Wharf, Post |
No chance mate,the Aire under the dark arches is no babbling brook,its a torrent.
Go to the dark arches ,or better still have a walk down whitehall riverside in the direction of the train station.
That tgranquil river changes in an instant to a much stronger force of nature when it hits the supporting arches of the station.
The question you have to ask is,how did they build this in the first place?
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cnosni
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| Phill_d wrote: |
| Lee you should have heard my mates expletives when he was photographing the clock mechanism,, Before the bell strikes, the cogs & levers start to rev up in an alarming fashion. It started buzzing louder. boy did he come flying down them stairs. It reminded me of the dads army episode when the German parachutist got stuck on the town hall clock. Remember that one folks? Jonesy got prodded up the backside by the Grim Reaper.. I DON'T LIKE IT MR MANWARING!! DON'T PANIC |
I seem to remember a big physical and aural" Thud" prior to the sound of the bell.
I pantsed it any way (is pantsed a word?)
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LS1
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I did think the bell would be a lot louder than it is though. We were stood under it, and Munki did warn us that it was striking, but not a case of having to put my hands over my ears...
THEY DON'T LIKE IT UP 'EM!
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chameleon
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| LS1 wrote: |
I did think the bell would be a lot louder than it is though. We were stood under it, and Munki did warn us that it was striking, but not a case of having to put my hands over my ears...
THEY DON'T LIKE IT UP 'EM! |
Around the midnight hour and every other hour as well at the moment - our grand old Town Hall clock has been asleep for a while now as those in town must have noticed.
Seems, according to the Evening Post, that the winding mechanism is deceased and awaits new parts being custom made. Let's hope it's back with us soon.
In the same article, the YEP tells us that the makers, Dents of London also constructed the clock on the Houses of Parliament which seemingly has moved to a tower called, 'Big Ben'! 
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Johnny39
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When I was a kid in the 40's/50's I lived just off Compton Road. I was always told that the lions did run round the Town Hall at midnight also that on a night, if you could hear the Town Hall clock striking it was going to rain before too long! It was same with the barges hooting down on the river. I assume it was because the wind would be blowing from the west carrying the sound eastwards.
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Brandy
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tasa,Chris are you still online?
I dont know whats going on but i have a dreaded feeling that if its not sorted this site could get ruined in minutes!
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Tasa
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| Brandy wrote: |
tasa,Chris are you still online?
I dont know whats going on but i have a dreaded feeling that if its not sorted this site could get ruined in minutes! |
Yes, it's OK - explained in the "Panic over" thread. Sorry for making us all panic!
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Chrism
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I may have this wrong but I heard, as a child, that the lions came alive at night and rounded up all the lost kids and took them home.
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Paul B
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Hi everyone
When i was a kid my grandad used to tell me when it was thundering that it was the lions at the townhall lol
Paul
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chameleon
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| I may have this wrong but I heard, as a child, that the lions came alive at night and rounded up all the lost kids and took them home. |
Nahh - they ate 'em for supper! I think there is quite a bit about this early in the thread. No one has ever said they've seen it happen - but then, maybe they... can't
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Crazy Jane
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"The whole thing about the Infirmary is just a cover. Noise doesn't stop them putting gigs on on the Square, does it?"
Maybe the dosh is an over-riding factor?
My next door neighbour had a room in LGI overlooking Millenium Square after he had a stroke last year... with a splendid view of the Ladyboys of Bangkok marquis!
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chameleon
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| Crazy Jane wrote: |
"The whole thing about the Infirmary is just a cover. Noise doesn't stop them putting gigs on on the Square, does it?"
Maybe the dosh is an over-riding factor?
My next door neighbour had a room in LGI overlooking Millenium Square after he had a stroke last year... with a splendid view of the Ladyboys of Bangkok marquis! |
The Brotherton Wing initially housed private patients - I'm not sure that it has been used as an in-patient unit for some time now. There was certainly no Millenium Square or indeed gigs held in those times though.
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Crazy Jane
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I'm not quite following, you mean they closed the wards there sometime after last October?
The view was clean across the square, he was way cheesed off because it was an isolation ward (i don;t know if that is a normal thing or just while swine flu was a concern) so i stayed a while longer and we chatted about what all the buildings are now and the activity and stuff.
Very definitely still taking NHS in-patients at that point though.
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raveydavey
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Aye - my father-in-law was in the LGI last summer and the ward was in the Brotherton Wing overlooking Millennium Square.
He was quite impressed when the pre-show to the West Indian Carnival was allowed to go on until nearly 11pm one night....
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chameleon
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| Crazy Jane wrote: |
I'm not quite following, you mean they closed the wards there sometime after last October?
The view was clean across the square, he was way cheesed off because it was an isolation ward (i don;t know if that is a normal thing or just while swine flu was a concern) so i stayed a while longer and we chatted about what all the buildings are now and the activity and stuff.
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When the Square was suggested Jane, a major objection was the noise in relation to the hospital. One posibility which was aired at the time was that the Brotherton Wing may be given over to day-use.
When writing above, I was as stated, unsure of whether or not it was still an in-patient unit - clearly from replies and enquiries, it is.
My observation otherwise was that when Brotherton was built, noise from the Square was not an issue because of course it didn't exist whereas the Town Hall did thus, there could be an element of accuracy in the reasoning for the silencing of the bell at night from those early days.
I wonder if Munki has seen any recorded information about his 'daytime home' in respect of this
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tilly
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Re the lions at Leeds Town Hall i once read that they were made for Nelsons Column London but were rejected.They were then bought by Leeds City Council for the town hall.Does anyone know if this is true.?
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liits
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| Re the lions at Leeds Town Hall i once read that they were made for Nelsons Column London but were rejected.They were then bought by Leeds City Council for the town hall.Does anyone know if this is true.? |
I remember a question from a pub quiz on the same subject. The Trafalgar Square lions were designed by Edwin Landseer and the Leeds Town Hall lions were allegedly designed by Edwin Lutyens but he didn’t like the end result and denied all knowledge of then. The truth of the matter seems to be that they were made by a chap named William Day Keyworth and the rest of it is rubbish.
This from some other website "The Lions
The lions on either side of were an addition to the original design. The first two lions were unveiled on 15th February 1867, the others on 7th June. The sculptor was William Day Keyworth Jnr, and the cost of the lions was £550. Each one is made from two pieces of Portland stone with zig zag joints."
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chameleon
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| liits wrote: |
| tilly wrote: |
| Re the lions at Leeds Town Hall i once read that they were made for Nelsons Column London but were rejected.They were then bought by Leeds City Council for the town hall.Does anyone know if this is true.? |
I remember a question from a pub quiz on the same subject. The Trafalgar Square lions were designed by Edwin Landseer and the Leeds Town Hall lions were allegedly designed by Edwin Lutyens but he didn’t like the end result and denied all knowledge of then. The truth of the matter seems to be that they were made by a chap named William Day Keyworth and the rest of it is rubbish.
This from some other website "The Lions
The lions on either side of were an addition to the original design. The first two lions were unveiled on 15th February 1867, the others on 7th June. The sculptor was William Day Keyworth Jnr, and the cost of the lions was £550. Each one is made from two pieces of Portland stone with zig zag joints." |
That is indeed the record for the lions liits though something which has caused me some intrigue. The long standing story passed down through family records and relatives over the (many) years was that my Great, Great Grandfather worked on the lions - perhaps it was on behalf of keyworth?
A section of the notes from the geneaological research shows:
'The plans were drawn up for the Town Hall, Leeds in 1852, Sheepscar Archives has the diaries of the Clerk of Works for the building. Work started in 1853, so it would have been John Throp and not his more famous son, Canova who worked on the Lions. The Lions were sited in late 1867'
Perhaps I'll never know the full reality.
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