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E: 09/04 Win a crate of Carling (True or False)
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When BBC Radio announced on April Fool’s Day that the clock at Westminster (commonly known as Big Ben) was going to be replaced with a digital readout, to bring it into the modern era, it was inundated with protests from angry listeners.
'Tis True - see below
Good luck all :beer:
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When BBC Radio announced on April Fool’s Day that the clock at Westminster (commonly known as Big Ben) was going to be replaced with a digital readout, to bring it into the modern era, it was inundated with protests from angry listeners.
'Tis True - see below
Good luck all :beer:
Searched Win Carling
Worse things will have happened in the world today...
"The only thing that really matters, it to love and to be loved."
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Ooh, it's True!
In 1980 according to here
Big Ben Goes Digital
The British Broadcasting Corp. reported that Big Ben was going to be given a digital readout. It received a huge response from listeners protesting the change. The BBC Japanese service also announced that the clock hands would be sold to the first four listeners to contact them, and one Japanese seaman in the mid-Atlantic immediately radioed in a bid.Worse things will have happened in the world today..."The only thing that really matters, it to love and to be loved."0 -
Wahey, I won this!!!
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