1984: Sixty Minutes: The History of The Speaking Clock

3K views · 46 reactions | After a long history of displaying accurate time, the clocks atop the two 90-foot towers of the Clock Towers condos at 917 Columbia Ave. in Lancaster city have become unreliable. The hour hands of the west clock tower only turn sporadically. The east tower’s four clock faces are close to the right time, but you shouldn’t set your watch by them. Read about the effort to restore them, https://lanc.news/3FnPXPo | LNP + LancasterOnline | Facebook

#OnThisDay 1936: The speaking clock was introduced in the UK. Ethel Jane Cain, the voice of the clock, was interviewed 21 years later. Precisely. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1957: The Post Office's speaking clock turned 25. BBC News spoke with Miss Ethel Jane Cain, the voice of the clock. | BBC Archive

16K views · 122 reactions | “At the third stroke it will be 9.59 and 20 seconds.” The battle to be the new voice of the speaking clock happened #OnThisDay 1984 on Breakfast. Brian Cobby, the only man, took the crown. | BBC Archive | Facebook

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