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Big Ben and Great Tom

Mon 2^nd Jul 1956, 20:45 on BBC Home Service Basic

A visit to the top of the Big Ben Tower of the Palace of Westminster and to the Clock Tower of St. Paul's Cathedral on the occasion of Big Ben being stopped for overhaul and Great Tom taking over the striking of the hours in BBC programmes. Commentators: John Snagge at the Palace of Westminster, Wynford Vaughan Thomas at St. Paul's
Kenric Hickson writes on page 3.

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Commentator:: John Snagge
Commentator:: Wynford Vaughan Thomas

Source: Radio Times

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Radio Times Issue 1703

1^st July 1956

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