The British Speaking Clock
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The British Speaking Clock
Want to know the exact time? In the UK you can dial "123" and hear it read out. This was first devised in the 1930s by an interesting machine using optical disc recordings, a pendulum drive, and synchronising signals from Greenwich. Later machines got smaller and smaller, all the way to 2016. This speaking clock and its successors are all on ...
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Speaking clock History
#OnThisDay 1984: British Telecom was replacing the voice of the speaking clock. Sixty Minutes looked at the history of the system. Precisely... | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1984: British Telecom was replacing the voice of the speaking clock. Sixty Minutes looked at the history of the system. Precisely... | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1984: Time was up for the machinery behind the Speaking Clock. The iconic voice of the service, Pat Simmons, chimed in. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1984: Time was up for the machinery behind the Speaking Clock. The iconic voice of the service, Pat Simmons, chimed in. | BBC Archive
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#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
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#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
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