My first photo is of the Clock at Westminster often known as 'Big Ben' which is actually the bell and not the clock.
I took this photo whilst on a weekend in London on Sunday 11th April 2010 at 10:30 and it was this photo that decided the time and therefore the name of the club.
The four faces of the clock are 23 feet square; the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet tall. Minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum, the clock is an excellent timekeeper and has has rarely stopped.
The 13.5 ton bell known as 'Big Ben' was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
The clock faces on the north tower were the world's largest when built.
The passage of a time, aided by recent excavations, has resulted in the clock tower leaning some 35 millimeters (1.4 inches).
The four clock faces are made of cast iron with glass panels as infill and are illuminated from behind.
The Houses of Parliament, and the clock tower especially, is one of the world's most famous and instantly recognisable buildings.
The nickname "Big Ben" actually refers to the 13.5 ton bell at the top of the clock tower which is accessed by 292 steps. The tower clock was originally wound by hand up to three times a week until the installation of an electrical mechanism in 1913.
