Chris Barker wrote:
>
> Dear All
>
> You may be interested to know that the 3 minutes' silence was done
> very effectively in my part of the UK. I was driving through
> Cambridge (because I had forgotten, sorry) when the announcer on BBC
> Radio 4 reminded me. I managed to park and sit quietly though.
>
> The radio went silent but for the chimes of Big Ben. If ever chimes
> sounded like tolling for the lost this was it. We don't normally
> listen to that many chimes on the radio (we have the timing "pips"
> except for at 1800 when the full peal of bells is played followed by
> the 6 chimes) ...
>
> ... and the tolling was followed by silence.
>
> Big Ben will not seem the same again.
Thanks Chris.
--
"I have a dragon and I'm not afraid to use it!"
Dirk Wright
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