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The Timeball Returns
At 13:00 on Saturday 1st November 2008 the famous Bolton landmark, the Timeball that from 1913 - 1999 astrode the clock tower at Prestons of Bolton was switched back on by Mrs Ruth Porritt who won our competition in the Bolton Evening News.
The Timeball is linked by signal to Greenwich and will rise at 12.55 and fall at 13:00. Timeballs were a predecessor of the pips and used to accurately set clocks and wristwatches, they were also used by shipping. The Prestons Timeball is one of only two working Timeballs in the country and was manufactured by Peter Dooley Design Limited.
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