London, United Kingdom: Big Ben’s timekeepers are preparing for Sunday’s clock change, one of the busiest nights of the year for parliament’s clock mechanics, who are charged with changing 2,000 clocks. Speaking to AFP from within the Elizabeth Tower, which houses the bells, clock face and mechanism of Big Ben, clock mechanic Ian Westworth tells AFP that the twice-yearly clock stoppage allows them to carry out crucial maintenance, which this year will involve trying to source the squeak they have identified within the clock’s giant mechanism.
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