London. Big Ben to remain silent for the next four years !!

BBC news is reporting that the clock needs to be silenced as essential repair work is carried out on the tower.
The bell that sounds the hour (big Ben) has been in action for most of the last 157 years.
It will make it's final chimes at mid-day on Monday and will not chime again until repairs are completed. Although it WILL chime for Remembrance Sunday(Sunday 12th November) And Midnight New Years Eve.
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abe182 · 46-50, M

What.. takes four years??

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@abe182 Yeah sounds like the highway project here that's finally coming to an end, the longest highway project we've had...glad the detours and traffic snarls is ending.

Elandra77

@abe182 You need to factor in tea time, bank holidays and at least two hours a day complaining of torries, taxes, the queen mother, Manchester United games, tourists and other topics of distraction. May take 6 years.