Are the Town Hall clocks undergoing maintenance?

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Leodian
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Are the Town Hall clocks undergoing maintenance?

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On checking what the time was when I near Leeds Town Hall today (Sept 10 2015) the clock showed 12:00. Looking again soon after it still showed 12:00 so I began to be suspicious and waited for a few minutes and it did not change. I then noticed that the two clocks that I could see from the Calverley Street and The Headrow junction both showed 12:00. I took these photos at just gone 12:15 (my camera clock is correct!). Having finished what I had to do I happened to look again at 13:30 and the clocks still showed 12:00. I guess the clocks (I only saw the two faces) are undergoing maintenance but I wonder if it had just started or has it been going on for a while? It's confusing when clocks are wrong! :?
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The clock on The Headrow frontage of Leeds Town Hall incorrectly showing 12:00 (it was just gone 12:15) on September 10 2015. Probably undergoing maintenance.
The clock on The Headrow frontage of Leeds Town Hall incorrectly showing 12:00 (it was just gone 12:15) on September 10 2015. Probably undergoing maintenance.
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The clocks at Leeds Town Hall showing the wrong 12:00 time (it was just gone 12:15) on September 10 2015. Probably undergoing maintenance.
The clocks at Leeds Town Hall showing the wrong 12:00 time (it was just gone 12:15) on September 10 2015. Probably undergoing maintenance.
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Re: Are the Town Hall clocks undergoing maintenan?

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Hi Leodian,

I'm pretty sure that the Town hall clocks have been at "High Noon" for a few weeks now. Seems very strange doesn't it ??
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Re: Are the Town Hall clocks undergoing maintenance?

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According to the Leeds Council Twitter account (posted on the 18th August), it's being repaired: https://twitter.com/LeedsCC_News/status ... 5327256577. They normally set the time on clocks undergoing maintenance to 12:00 as I suppose it's a neutral setting to sort out the mechanism.
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Re: Are the Town Hall clocks undergoing maintenance?

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Back to normal now...
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