Report - 'Old Joe' - The Birmingham University Clock Tower - May 2014

[Rik UE]

Great stuff, exploring with style!

Nice dress!

 

[bubblehead]

WANKERS! :

 

[The_Raw]

Spot on

 

[elliot5200]

Looking good! Hope you managed to get the lift up rather than climb all those stairs

 

[raisinwing]

Nice once!

 

[Gone]

yeahhh man that is nice! diggin the yellow dress chick too.

 

[Kenni]

Very nice! Clock tower looks decent too!

 

[mockney reject]

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Loving this picture, Old clock mechanisms are an amazing piece of engineering

 

[Bolts]

Great stuff

 

[DirtyJigsaw]

This is great. Nice work, persistence pays off!

 

[mrg9999]

Credit for this has to go to clebby. We had been looking at it a fair few times and it just seemed like it would never be done. He checked it every day for ages and what do you know it paid off!

Old Joe is less than a mile from my house, It is the worlds tallest free standing clock tower and around these parts it is only surpassed in height by the BT tower in the city centre. It ticks every box when it comes to 'high stuff' for me. It is more than a tall building. It is a landmark, it has history, it has significance. It was one of the few tall building left in this country that i had any interest in conquering and it didn't disappoint!

Apologies for the lack of photos. I visited with a 'normal person' so we took some beers and concentrated on chilling in the belfry rather then doing the whole 'DOCUMENTING DECAY' bullshit.

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You often find birds in these sort of towers