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What is moving northwards in England from its original location in the Midlands to a village in Cumbria on April 1st 2007
The original location has been used since 1927

And if you were to look at it all you'd find are 3 boxes these days.

Easy Clue... It rules our lives Roll Eyes
 
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The UK time signal or 'The speaking clock' as we call it. Big Grin
 
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I'll give it to you Jenny
It is the master clock for the time signal (3 atomic clocks) that is transmitted on Longwave radio
The contract has been taken over by a firm called VT from BT

Transfers from Rugby Warwickshire to the village of Anthorn Cumbria Almost in Scotland

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www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=149602
 
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Cumbria? What is the attraction of Cumbria in matters technical ? Isn't Cumbria the first place to be going to a 100% digital TV service with the corresponding end of analogue? Confused

Is it something in the water up there?
 
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Fred

Here is information on the site and some excellent images Smile
Nice part of the Uk marred by this ex military site...was called HMS NutHatch ...I kid you Not Big Grin
www.visitcumbria.com/car/anthorn.htm
Current usage here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthorn_VLF_transmitter
 
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Hey! Don't knock, Cumbria!! The tap water is so pure and soft that when I was growing up there, there was a Carlisle-based bus company that used to top up its bus batteries with tap water rather than the distilled variety. Honest! Then I moved to the south of England and the soap wouldn't even lather properly! (Though what all this has to do with time signals and the roll-out of digital TV beats me Smile)
 
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