What time is it Eccles?

The time here reads 8.33. And yet it was 8.42 when I took the photo. That is not actually physically possible as the Balmoral clock is always a few minutes fast to help people to catch their trains in time, thanks to James Ritchie and Son clockmakers. Always!

The same clockmakers are responsible for many of the public clocks in Scotland and also wind the Calton Hill timeball.