King's College chapel
A Brief Time in History: Stephen Hawking and the Corpus Christi Clock, Benet Street, Cambridge - 19th September 2008
World-famous brain-box Stephen Hawking makes an appearance in the centre of Cambridge to officially open a new clock, which was built by kettle thermostat inventor John Taylor and sits on a corner of Corpus Christi on Benet Street in Cambridge. After an introduction by Taylor, who frequently referred to The Prof as "Hawkin" or "Hawkins", Hawking gets his robot voice out for a large crowd clustering around the covered clock. Even TV's Adam Hart-Davis is amongst the invited group of the great and the good.
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previous album: Sam and Daisy at The Cherry Tree, and Sis and Matt Visit, Suffolk - 14th September 2008
The setting sun glints through Kings College
Gathering crowds and a press pack
Some press dude has a laff about something
The clock is covered up
The crowds on King's Parade/Trumpington Street
An 1867 sign for London & County Bank
The band arrives
Crowds behind barriers
The press pack
The band is ready to play
Some college dude peers out from his study window
University types, including the proctor, stream in
The great and the good arrive
It's getting packed
More VIPs arrive
John Taylor (in the white tux) and Stephen Hawking
VIPs watch the speeches
Stephen Hawking on stage
The 'Chronophage' clock is unveiled
The clock on the corner of Benet Street
John Taylor and Stephen Hawking
Fred Astaire gets ready to do a turn
Adam Hart-Davis is resplendent in checked trousers
Watching the clock
A frenzy of amateur photographers pile in
Fred Astaire poses for tourist photos
Hangers-on look at the clock
The view from Kings Parade
An outside-broadcast van
Cyclists on Kings Parade
On Mill Road, there's a cone on the bus shelter
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King's College chapel
King's College chapel
The setting sun glints through Kings College
Gathering crowds and a press pack
Some press dude has a laff about something
The clock is covered up
The crowds on King's Parade/Trumpington Street
An 1867 sign for London & County Bank
The band arrives
Crowds behind barriers
The press pack
The band is ready to play
Some college dude peers out from his study window
University types, including the proctor, stream in
The great and the good arrive
It's getting packed
More VIPs arrive
John Taylor (in the white tux) and Stephen Hawking
VIPs watch the speeches
Stephen Hawking on stage
The 'Chronophage' clock is unveiled
The clock on the corner of Benet Street
John Taylor and Stephen Hawking
Fred Astaire gets ready to do a turn
Adam Hart-Davis is resplendent in checked trousers
Watching the clock
A frenzy of amateur photographers pile in
Fred Astaire poses for tourist photos
Hangers-on look at the clock
The view from Kings Parade
An outside-broadcast van
Cyclists on Kings Parade
On Mill Road, there's a cone on the bus shelter