MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Big Kev]

I'll give it a while. I'm fairly confident as I went there once

[chinatyke]

Is it the Greenwich "ball" mechanism on the Royal Observatory?

[Stanley]

Sorry but none of you has it yet but I think Kev has it. Big clue, it's thought to be the oldest mechanical clock in the world.

[chinatyke]

Big clue, it's thought to be the oldest mechanical clock in the world.

Thanks. I know it now!

[Stanley]

You are all being so polite! I fancy someone will post the answer today.....

[Gloria]

Is the answer in plain sight?

[Stanley]

Well, it is to me but most others seem confused. I've given the dead give away clue!

[Big Kev]

The clock workings at Salisbury cathedral, reported to be the oldest working clock mechanism. It doesn't have a clock face but rings a bell every hour to 'announce' the time.

[Tripps]

I've given the dead give away clue!

If you'd said the tower was 123 metres high, and was a magnet for Russian toursts . . . .

[chinatyke]

I like Glo's hint too, hiding in plain sight!

[Stanley]

Kev is exactly right of course. Never expected that one to get so far.....



Try this one.....

[Gloria]

Is it an ickey ball?

[Stanley]

I had to look that up. Never heard of them Gloria. However, no. Sorry about that.

[PanBiker]

You don't give as size but I think it may be a lot smaller than it looks. If so:

Banana Bar, a device for inserting through body piercings?

[Tizer]

Posh exercise weight marketed to health conscious celebrities at an exorbitant price?

[Stanley]

Ian has got it despite me being coy about the size. It is indeed a banana bar!
Try this one.

[Tizer]

I put the words banana bar into google but got nothing like that, just a bar in Amsterdam and lots of foodie pics!

Is the tower a former lighthouse?

[Big Kev]

We had something else a little while ago that was wrongly identified as one. Is it a shot tower?

[Stanley]

Curses!! That's why I put it up, I thought the rejection would muddy the waters. Yes it's a shot tower in Philadelphia USA. I'll try again.... What is this?

[PostmanPete]

Is it the top of a lifesize model of Blackpool Tower made out of Accrington bricks...?

[Tizer]

Haha, you're right, it really does look like a Blackpool Tower mimic in brick! Alternatively, it's a version made out of red lego bricks.

It looks like India Mill chimney in Darwen but what's that on the top?

[chinatyke]

Is it in Minnesota?

[Stanley]

Sorry nobody is near. It's in England China......
A good example of what British Brickies used to be capable of......

[chinatyke]

Is it India Mill chimney in Darwen?

[Stanley]

I can see why that occurred to you China, no, but you're in the right era.