The song in this video is 'Mind of Glass' by Cian Bennet - who by complete coincidence is also my brother, and who also provides equipment and expertise for my voice-overs in these videos. Check out his music here: hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic
@jm56585
Жыл бұрын
I loved the music, it's very soothing and relaxing as a background music to the video!
@cianbennet
Жыл бұрын
😎🥰
@peterbarber7613
Жыл бұрын
@Taitset. Metro tunnel in a couple years, yeh right
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
@@peterbarber7613 Why not? They're almost ready to start testing trains now.
@marktubeie07
Жыл бұрын
This track Martin is simply amazing and beautiful - I cannot stop playing it. The music video is also superb. Your brother is very talented (you are too mate!). Just thought I would comment on it... 🤗
@bjzaba
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that bit towards the end had me tearing up a bit, unexpectedly! I hope they continue to maintain these clocks.
@FloydBromley
Жыл бұрын
Flinders Street station needs a lot of work to get it back to its former glory. The last investment to clean up most of the outside was certainly welcome, but more needs to happen and it’s a shame we don’t care much about or railway heritage from a government level here in Victoria.
@mattk183
Жыл бұрын
Exactly, hopefully someone puts in the work to restore this great building
@speedmastermarkiii
Жыл бұрын
Flinders Street Station never achieved glory. The original plan for completely enclosed platforms was never realized and the southern facade was covered with pressed tin designed to look like masonry. The original building design was also altered to add another floor of office space, which meant the height of the ground floor arches were substantially lowered.
@jm56585
Жыл бұрын
I think the station's office building part should be renovated as a premium tourist hotel, there would definitely be a lot of demand for that and it would make for an incentive to clean up the station.
@darylcheshire1618
Жыл бұрын
In the ‘60s it was proposed to retain the dome but replace it all with a “modern” office block. There was a desire to roof the platforms as it is cold most of the year. I had this image of a modern station setting with Tait trains.
@warrenbohnke8418
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, I'd love to be able to see from the top floors that used to be used for dances. Would be great to see local act's playing there these days.
@francoiss6911
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE meeting my friends under the clocks, especially if we all hate driving in the city. Funnily enough, depending on the weather “meet me under the Melbourne Central clock” also happens with us.
@warrenbohnke8418
Жыл бұрын
My dad was on the maintenance team as an architectural draftsman up until the privatisation. At that point the whole maintenance team was made redundant. Since nothing has changed since, I feel you are right when you say that there could be a correlation between the privatisation.
@4rkang31
Жыл бұрын
Great video, mate. Both you and your brother have very pleasant voices to listen to. I also love the little Easter eggs: "time to subscribe" on the theoretical clock and "trains are good" on a tram ad are the ones I spotted. 😊
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. And good spotting haha!
@SYDTrainsFilms
Жыл бұрын
@Taitset that's similar to your hurstbridge video 😊
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
@@SYDTrainsFilms Haha yeah there's lots in that one
@jaa1969jaa
3 ай бұрын
“Crimebourne”
@Cybernetic_Systems
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Adelaide but have spent most of my adult life in Melbourne, and yes I’ve met ppl “under the clocks”. I had no idea what this meant the first time I heard it, but it’s such an easy concept to explain, which is why I think it works so well.
@hansklaus6860
9 ай бұрын
seeing those people meet up at the clocks is actually very wholesome
@letsseeif
Жыл бұрын
In the early eighties the clocks were briefly changed to digital. Melbournians hated the new ones. So the rail authorities went back to the circular dials.
@a7128
Жыл бұрын
they were shitty TV screens - you could barely read them during the day
@letsseeif
Жыл бұрын
@@a7128 I'd just back for a stint in the US and only heard about these new digital 'Clocks'. I didn't actually physically see the clocks.Just heard.
@Daniel15au
Жыл бұрын
This was mentioned in the video.
@janehealy2351
Жыл бұрын
I worked at Flinders Street for several years back in the 80's. I don't remember if the clocks were accurate back then, but they are certainly iconic! It makes me happy that they're still a meeting place 😊 I'm loving your brother's music! Thanks for sharing 😊
@hakimcameldriver
Жыл бұрын
I was a guard back in 1986, lots of memories..
@diltonweany7003
Жыл бұрын
I always wondered but never bothered to learn about these clocks, thank you! P.S. while I (23yr old) haven't met anyone "under the clocks" post-covid, as a teenager I met people several dozen times and saw plenty others do the same. Although we always called it the "flinders st steps" so maybe the clocks aren't getting the recognition they deserve.
@rvmpshaker3910
Жыл бұрын
I remember hanging out & meeting with friends “on the steps” in the late 00’s - early 10’s 😂 witnessed a guy lick those steps once and it was truly disgusting hahaha
@RockinFootball_23
Жыл бұрын
That's what I say more since "under the clocks" to me refers to the melbourne central clock. I know the phrase is plural "clocks" but when I think meeting place with a clock, I think of melbourne central first. But that may also to do with the fact that I hang out around that area more than around flinders.
@joelcarterramadge183
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree, on the steps is what I would use or have been told, how interesting...
@angelicasmodel
5 ай бұрын
I just used to say 'meet me at Flinders St station', and it was a given where exactly the was.
@beansie_7994
Жыл бұрын
watching the timelapse knowing i too have waited under the clocks, met up with someone, chatted for a minute or two and then left with them made me oddly emotional
@kkeennddaall
7 ай бұрын
the leaning on the green pole in the centre got to me ngl
@leedyer537
8 ай бұрын
I’m old enough to have met many friends under the clocks, but I thought these days they were redundant and I don’t even bother to look at them anymore. I had an American friend visit last May (2023) and he was very interested in the history of Melbourne and I told him the story of the clocks over a beer at Young and Jackson’s. The next night we arranged to meet for dinner and he insisted we meet “under the clocks”
@Sandwich1414
Жыл бұрын
I met my girlfriend for our first date here in 2019, and we've been together since then. I find it to be a super easy place to meet people as most people know when you say Flinders Street, you mean either under the clocks or in the lobby behind it. Lovely video, super informative too - hopefully the clocks can be cleaned up and made to work as intended.
@CoffeeOnRails
Жыл бұрын
This feels a lot like the old Light Box departures at Earls Court over here on the Tube. With the introduction of CBTC, LU Heritage took the time to update their electronics and the destinations so they’re still useful today. They didn’t have to (though they would have had to remain in situ because of a heritage listing) but they did. It’s great because they’re so easily visible. It’s a real shame the Whitechapel ones never got saved with the XR rebuild.
@HappyDays-nk7iq
Жыл бұрын
Need to ban cars in front of Flinders Street Station and pedestrianise the precinct. Nobody cares about the facade or clocks on Flinders StreetStation when they are too busy watching out for traffic and avoiding getting hit and severely injured by a car. Cities for people, not cars.
@smashthings1
Жыл бұрын
I dream of a personal car-free Melbourne CBD.
@HappyDays-nk7iq
Жыл бұрын
@@smashthings1 only in car worshipping countries like Australia, Canada and the US still prioritise cars over people in their city centres. Cities in Europe have been banning cars and implementing measures such as Congestion Charging and Toxicity Charging to discourage cars from entering their city centres, pedestrianising, widening footpaths, eliminating on-street car parking, resulting in beautiful, safe, pleasant people-centric urban spaces.
@heleninmelbourne5353
11 ай бұрын
Dude regarding the song it fit so well nearing the end… great music too! Tell your brother thay
@MatthewBoldist1
Жыл бұрын
Great video. I'd love them to rework the clocks to show how long until each train, instead of the time it departs. I think it'd be more useful for commuters to see that (and how long until the following train) with multiple same-length hands instead of the hour-minute ones.
@dshack4689
Жыл бұрын
What an awesome conclusion! The timelapse revealing something otherwise not noticed. And what an awesome song to end on - I REALLY think it was clever of you to let the song run for a few bars before declaring whose song it was, because I found myself really liking the song first and then surprised to find it wasn't who I thought it was, and at the same time if you had immediately declared whose song it was I may not have had the awesome experience of liking it first (and may have even been a bit guarded about whether to like it). These clocks are a real surprise that the inside and outside mechanism aren't directly linked for simple synchronisation. And I really really liked your photoshop impression of where an additional current time clock might reside, I thought you did such a good job of that in making it look genuinely legitimate - and thus I hope the call to invest a little in making these clocks accurate again can happen - its probably a bunch of raspberry pi's or arduinos to make it happen! Great video and may your clock wishes come true.
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou for the kind comments, I'm very glad you enjoyed it!
@bryan3550
7 ай бұрын
Yes, Martin, I still meet friends & family under the clocks! While thinking of Flinders Street, I remember "The Man in Grey" who hung around Platform 1 when it was still home to country services. He was encyclopaedic when it came to Victorian Railways info. There was a wooden sign hanging outside his hidey-hole which read "Ask the Man in Grey". That western (now de-roofed) end of Platform 1 used to be a hive of activity, with double-ended single Tait units handling parcels. I'm sure those parcels services played havoc with normal running of passenger services!
@rvmpshaker3910
Жыл бұрын
I still meet “on the steps” if ever travelling into the city to meet somebody. My parents remember referring to it as “meeting under the clocks” up until the late 90’s or so but having been in semi-niche forums and chat rooms as a teenager in the mid to late 00’s, we always referred to it as “hanging/meeting out at/on the steps” I definitely felt like it was always a big thing among some teenagers in the late 00’s to talk about looking down on those that “hung out on the steps” (common sentiments like “well I wouldn’t want to be one of those that hang out on the steps” etc.) as they were usually outcast groups (scene kids, ‘emo’s’, skaters etc.)
@AtomicSource11
Жыл бұрын
Hmm, it's like most people stopped looking at the clocks after the 90's… it's as if they stopped being reliable/kept relevant after privatisation…
@rvmpshaker3910
Жыл бұрын
@@AtomicSource11 I’m glad this is confirmed, I remember growing up and notoriously never looking at the clocks because they never displayed the right time. Albeit; they’ve obviously improved in later years but I do remember when they were completely out of whack to the timetable. 😂
@Andy-yl3ke
Жыл бұрын
Imagine if someone working in the Transport Department or one of the privatised corporations or government owned entities running the transport system had the attention to detail, innovative mind, appreciation of history or drive to improve that you do… sorry I’ll just go back to daydreaming
@whophd
Жыл бұрын
The funniest thing is that, as a Sydneysider, if you’d asked me if these clocks were working, my total guess would have been “yeah maybe only some, but I saw some were disabled when I looked once, maybe decommissioned. I wouldn’t rely on the inside clock being the same. Better check if that label even got updated too, probably not since Kennett privatised it.”
@avgeeksfromhell
Жыл бұрын
Over 20 years ago, in 2001, my dad took a selfie across from the station, 'Look at me, I'm in Melbourne!' Fast forward to now and he calls it the 'most tourist thing to do.' We never know where that selfie went.
@benespection
Жыл бұрын
Definitely used the clocks as a meeting place - especially when we were all coming in by train from various lines. Sometimes it was easier to meet at Larry La Trobe, with the added fun that Larry was now and then moved, and was even stolen at the end of August in 1995 and really messed up some meet-ups in the city :) Really enjoy your videos :)
@Sagealeena
Жыл бұрын
Like many others have mentioned, I sometimes meet people “under the clocks” but have also referred to it as the “Flinders St Station steps” too. Last year I was meeting my brother in the city on his own for the first time. He a lot younger and when I said to me meet there, had no idea what I was talking about and I had to explain it!
@davidcundy
11 ай бұрын
Loved the song.
@bonniedoon4071
8 ай бұрын
Really good video, content, narration and overall presentation! Glad i stumbled onto your channel
@Taitset
8 ай бұрын
Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it!
@ryanharris3420
Жыл бұрын
Met my (now) partner under the clocks for our first date in 2022 - it still happens!
@ryanharris3420
Жыл бұрын
Great video by the way. Thank you for clarifying that you didn't take the photo at 1:19
@Jamesbaby286
Жыл бұрын
Similar story! Not a partner but I met my best friend of almost 10 years for the first time under the clocks 😊
@crazyham
Жыл бұрын
I love it. Great Video, Fascinating History. Ur Bro's Music sounds great too 🙏
@Jules_Diplopia
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Come on Melbourne get the clocks working correctly. Great music by the way.
@randy3000
Жыл бұрын
If I said "Meet me under the clock", I would be referring to the clock inside Melbourne Central; if I said "Meet be under the clocks", then I would be referring to the main FSS entrance. Confusing, no?
@WaltDisini
4 ай бұрын
can confirm my friends and I (all of us around 18yo) still use the phrase "meet under the clocks" when we hangout
@lauriewhite8153
Жыл бұрын
I have met my mum on occasions "under the Clocks" (we both live in the country, and when we go into the city separately we meet under the clocks). I have also never noticed the Stained Glass windows
@darylcheshire1618
Жыл бұрын
The meeting place has it’s origins from WW1, I remember the wave of protests when Steve Crabb announced their replacement with vacuum tube video displays. During the renovations I saw some original signs like Kew or Outer Circle Line and Darling. Mr Crabb said they would dismantle one to see if it could be adapted to be advanced electronically. I remember the man with a long pole who would change the hands.
@soupwithfork69
7 ай бұрын
I bought drugs under clock when I was 18 so yes people meet under the clock
@josh.weaver
Жыл бұрын
Departure times make so much more sense, I always thought they had different time zones or something 😅 love the song at the end too!
@ayindestevens6152
Жыл бұрын
Cool Story Martin and wow your brother has a nice singing voice. I’m glad people are still meeting under the clocks even if they don’t know what it means. Greetings from the States
@socracle2774
Жыл бұрын
I always ask which clock when someone asks to meet under the clocks. Melbourne Central or Flinders lol
@wj11jam78
5 ай бұрын
I think a lot of people would be willing to donate and even volunteer to tidy Flinders up a bit and keep things like this updated.
@slysnake5617
Жыл бұрын
At 1:17 we can see from that photo of the original station that one of the clocks was labeled as "Preston Line" interesting that they chose not to include it in the 1910 station.
@emmalynn1142
Жыл бұрын
By then it would've been the Whittlesea line, and it had moved to terminating at/originating from Princes Bridge, so it makes sense they wouldn't have included it.
@qyyap
7 ай бұрын
i may or may not have walked past in that timelapse, im too lazy to slow it down. i do however remember walking past the main entrance on a rainy day like this and seeing a camera on a tripod pointed at the entrance, couldnt see anyone attending it tho
@Tony_P
Жыл бұрын
In 1983 , my girlfriend and I made a frivolous plan to meet under the clocks at midday , January 1 , 2000 , regardless of where life had taken us 17 years on. I never went. I doubt she did either. Just the kind of stupid things teenagers say I guess haha.
@emmalynn1142
Жыл бұрын
LOVE Beyond the Facade! It's such a good resource and absolutely one of the most interesting books I've had the pleasure of using as a source for research. I'm so glad to see it getting some love!
@apathynoises6456
Жыл бұрын
For me and my mates, "meet me under the clock" is still very much a thing - but it's "clock" not "clocks", and it refers to the big clock at Melbourne Central. Not sure if this is the same for anyone else
@RockinFootball_23
Жыл бұрын
That is my go-to meeting spot too. Sucks that they filled-in the balcony/hole under the clock which meant no more seating space (prob a decade ago now). The only place to sit is off to the side or you just gotta stand around.
@TotemSP2
Жыл бұрын
You know you've munted up when you try to tell the time and the time is: 👟
@ynnebbenny
4 ай бұрын
As an adopted person, I once arranged to meet my biological mother under the clocks. While meeting each other was odd, the idea of meeting under the clocks was a normal thing to do, despite us being a generation apart in age. Long live the meeting under the clocks !!
@Taitset
4 ай бұрын
That's a great story!
@gregquan5647
11 ай бұрын
I love your videos, and I love your sense of humour. "A week later...shoes appeared...." :D You're very informative and make me smile. Keep it up mate!
@tjejojyj
Жыл бұрын
One of the most significant, if not the most, days off my life began with a meeting under the clocks. We used to note the present day by a new calendar of “FSSUTC plus x (days)” FSSUTC = Flinders Street Station Under The Clocks. - Great video. Thanks.
@hellobeaky
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Loved reading Beyond The Facade which was purchased after a guided tour of Flinders Street Station years ago. I can't recall the Epping and Hurstbridge lines having clocks at Princes Bridge as I was usually running down the Princes Bridge station ramp to catch the train. Sign boards yes but not sure abt clocks.
@mattaustin2128
Жыл бұрын
Terrific video, Martin. We used to ‘meet under the clocks’ when I was a kid;with several family members usually in the city together, all doing our own thing, we’d meet back there to go home. Of course, I was always last, running up from Hearn’s Hobbies with moments to spare! As a 10-12 year old in 1981-83, it was fascinating to watch the transition from VicRail to The Met, and Flinders Street was a good place to watch the action. The most immediate change was the new ‘Super Trains’ coming into service around 1981, their ultra-modern orange stripes on silver looking like something from Battlestar Galactica or Star Wars, compared to the dirty silvers, grubby blues, or ancient reds we were used to. Of course, as the ‘reds’ disappeared from the ‘big’ lines, we’d still be able to ride them to Dad’s work at Prahran, and it became a challenge to see if I could ride a ‘new’ train and a ‘red’ on the same day. I was obsessed enough to note whether the Tait car I was in had windows that opened downwards or it was one of the rarer ones with windows that were opened by sliding them upwards. Other memories from the time included waiting on one of the platforms for a train and seeing a big electric loco or two growling through the station with a train of briquette wagons, putting up with temporary barriers as the original concourse layout was gutted and modernised, although that may have been a bit later. Thanks for rekindling these memories. Good times!
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
Great memories Matt, I would have loved to have seen it in those days! I only recently noticed that some Tait car windows go the 'other' way haha.
@fiftyoneindustries2
Жыл бұрын
Such a good video. Thank you for making it
@spykillergames8402
Жыл бұрын
Theory: i reckon they were linked mechcanically when the clocks were manual....(there is only one keyhole for setting the dial but two dials) but i reckon when they added electric drives to automate the positioning of the hands they un liked each hand and just slapped motors in
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
Yep I think that sounds likely!
@AUDIONOIR100
Жыл бұрын
Stunning building overall. Truly iconic! The longest hallway I have ever walked down (anywhere in the world to date) and a stunning ballroom, sitting towards the back begging to be used again! Concur, clocks need to 'catch up' with the times. Thx for the video.
@planetX15
Жыл бұрын
I thought The Ballroom wasn't allowed to be opened for the public?
@AUDIONOIR100
Жыл бұрын
@@planetX15 It's not. I asked to have a look! They obliged! (This was 20 years ago!)
@Cameron_Bell
Жыл бұрын
G'day Martin, the author of the book you suggested is Jenny Davies.
@kkeennddaall
7 ай бұрын
sidenote i have a special hatred for that bar at the south end by the yarra called Clocks, which references "the meeting place" in all its branding too. you are not the clocks. you are on the complete other fucking side. so many of my friends leaving via the swanston st. gates have ended up there wondering where i am. how the hell they and not young & jacksons got to pretend to be a bar thats even remotely close to the actual clocks astounds me.
@Taitset
7 ай бұрын
Totally agreed! Also it's just a terrible bar generally.
@killernoob756
Жыл бұрын
I'm a relatively young bloke (born mid 90s) and have used the phrase "meet under the clocks" when catching up with mates. One mate had no idea what i meant.
@robvegas9354
11 ай бұрын
Great video! Meeting under the clocks is iconic to the max. there must be a million stories that have begun with that saying here in melbourne
@DOfAus
Жыл бұрын
2 things quickly, I do use the phrase meet me under the clocks but generally I need to then specify to people what the hell I'm on about :-) Secondly, huge missed opportunity here to mention the very cool fact that the stairs under the clocks are heated, and how's and why's of that coming about. Pretty cool in itself. Great video mate, looking forward to the next.
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
Wow I had no idea they are heated!
@DOfAus
Жыл бұрын
@@Taitset It was installed during renovations and was a call made by the foreman on the job when he saw both homeless people and workers sitting on them in the cold Melbourne days :-)
@jm56585
Жыл бұрын
@@DOfAus That's such a cool story!
@paaa2683
Жыл бұрын
Cool music. Tell them to come to Sydney for some gigs. We'll meet at the steps at Town Hall!
@cianbennet
Жыл бұрын
Sounds good, see you there.
@fanofsongs
Жыл бұрын
what an absolute banger of a video
@27merlinsFH
Жыл бұрын
woah I made it into a taitset video? 10:58 look mom thats me! for only half a second and it was part of a timelapse and im wearing the same black jacket as everyone else in the video but still!
@Taitset
Жыл бұрын
Haha amazing!
@isthatrubble
Жыл бұрын
I didn't even know those 4 clocks on the side were there! and I've lived in melbourne for my whole life
@shahancheong9792
4 ай бұрын
Lived in Melbourne over 30 years. I've met people under the clocks at least 3 times. It's just the most easily-recognised building in town, so it's the most convenient place to meet people.
@CattoRayTube
Жыл бұрын
Great video, and your brother's music (what a coincidence!) is lovely!!
@Goatcha_M
Жыл бұрын
Some of the charity money that is being saved for the never going to happen Ball Room refurbishment ought to be redirected to fixing the clocks. Anyway, privatisation sucks, gods damn Jeff Kennett.
@frenchys_prospecting
5 ай бұрын
I remember the princess bridge station that was under "sky high" skate park (now fed square) and I remember when it moved to platform 1 but I also remember epping being on the clocks? Maybe it was when it was across the road. I also remember sometimes in the late 90s that the clocks went digital and it didn't last long. As far as the saying "I'll meet you under the clocks" goes; I still use it if I'm actually meeting someone there but it was common when I was a teen in the 90s
@Wolfie_Rankin
Жыл бұрын
Don't rely upon the Melbourne Central clock if you're interested in Moon Phases, it's generally (used to be?) wrong, though since I haven't needed to go to the city in years, that may have changed.
@jadefae
4 ай бұрын
Can attest that I regularly meet people under the clocks. It's always under flinders clocks, melbourne central clock, or Bowen street
@Skasaha_
Жыл бұрын
I've met people under the clocks before - not terribly often, I'm a pretty antisocial person lol. But it's either this or the giant clock opposite the shot tower at Melbourne Central. Depends on the weather I suppose. As a 90s kid I kind of grew up in the changeover time right before digital clocks just took over everywhere, I can read the analogue clocks fine enough but it is slower for me. I think it's the proliferation of mobile phones and PCs that did the most for the change, although that's another topic.
@jm56585
Жыл бұрын
It's very interesting for me to hear about people's experience reading analogue clocks, because although I grew up in the digital clock age, I've always had an analogue clock in my room. I personally find analogue clocks easier to comprehend because you can see physically the distance between times, and it's harder to do that with numbers.
@TheColinputer
Жыл бұрын
I would definitely say that i have met people at the clocks before. But at least when talking about other people from Melbourne. If you just say "meet at Flinders" everyone knows you mean under the clocks. Even if they never actually show accurate train info properly i hope they are never removed.
@warfaze00
Жыл бұрын
When I First came to Melbourne in 2001, I used to meet my Friends under the clock. I haven’t been to Flinders street station for a while now.
@Arvemis
Жыл бұрын
It's a typical meeting place when i was meeting friends in the city who live on different lines!!! it's just very indeifiale and i don't mind that they aren't really useful anymore but everyone knows where the clocks are and it's just easy. I also say meet up under the clock in melbourne central. we melbournians like meeting under clocks for some reason!
@Invisible_24
Жыл бұрын
The melbourne rapper Maundz has a song called The Clocks where the chorus talks about meeting ‘under the clocks’
@joelcarterramadge183
Жыл бұрын
What a brilliant video. I don't think that making them useful is the important thing ITS JUST MAKING THEM CORRECT. I have always doubted that they were correct and now I know it makes me angry.
@jessica23claire
Жыл бұрын
So the clocks all stopped updating the year I was born, eh? Coincidence, I think not!
@TheUnlabeledXtrapolis
2 ай бұрын
Someone vandalised the clocks but I’m sure it’s gone now
@Azasam16
Жыл бұрын
Crazy how fixing these up isn’t more of a priority!
@1936Studebaker
Жыл бұрын
There is no clock for the (Whittlesea) (Epping) (South Morang) Mernda line. This line has been in service since 8 October 1889. 134 years. The Hurstbridge and Mernda clocks could sit either side of the Flinders Street Street name plate.
@dannylukic6536
Жыл бұрын
I've absolutely met friends under the clocks ❤
@IamTheHolypumpkin
Жыл бұрын
That such a great quality of life thing (if it would work). If I would live down there and be a regular commuter, I would absolutely use this over a display. It's just KISS (Keep it simple keep it stupid). I always wear a watch, although a smart'ish watch with a digital watchface. A analog watchface just looks weird on an square display.
@nowen1233
Жыл бұрын
This confused me for a while when I first moved to Melbourne: "Meet me under the clock" = Atrium of Melbourne Central "Meet me under the clocks" = Front of Flinders Station "Meet me at Clocks at Flinders" = The pub outside Flinders Station next to Princes Bridge
@Just_Wilson123Official
9 ай бұрын
Everybody: *Does not realise* Me: Is that suppose to be Cranbourne? Taitset: No, it's Crimebourne Timestamp is 7:48
@kleenbeats
11 ай бұрын
I remember so many stories just waiting to meet people “under the clocks” in the 90s. From hanging with Goth kids jacking up lighters into huge flames, signing up for a world vision sponsorship at 15 because I was hot for a girl, calling my friends house on the pay phone because he was an hour late and worrying his Mum, people watching the kids coming out of Dangerfield across the road, oh and listening to the bloody bagpipe guy when I wasn’t listening to Melbourne Hardcore bands on my Walkman because the batteries were dead. Best bloody childhood ever!!!!
@j0ofez
11 ай бұрын
When I was younger I used to meet friends under the clocks often, though we always called the spot "flinders steps" instead
@rmoz2729
6 ай бұрын
Beautiful ending, this channel is superb. As one who grew up in Sydney (now in Newcastle), it was traditional to meet at Town Hall steps (building, not railway station). I am glad to see Melbourne has that special place as well…of course it does! I must say, when I’ve been in Melbourne these clocks are a good , central identifier for starting and finishing navigating the CBD and other areas.
@shangyien
4 ай бұрын
I met someone under the clocks just last week. It didn't work out well though. He was from Sydney and went to the wrong station.
@adamwilkinson3524
5 ай бұрын
I’ve moved up the bush now but grew up in the suburbs of Melbourne.. I have used the clocks as a meeting place and watching this video brought back good memories 😊 the music by your brother worked well and sounded really good, very 90s which may be a clever coincidence 🤔😊
@jonathanporter7601
Жыл бұрын
I actually asked my friends to meet under the chirping clock at Melbourne Central from around 2009-2013 mostly when I was at high school/uni. After that the shine kind of wore off and I went to the city less often, or I just agreed with friends to meet directly at a venue.
@maddyg3208
5 ай бұрын
Meeting under the clocks was much more of a thing b4 the City Loop, as everyone (using the trains) had to go to/from the city via FSS
@patronise
11 ай бұрын
My friends and I say "meet me at the steps", but yeah 100% it's a still a good meeting place.
@andreagriffiths3512
Жыл бұрын
I used “meet at the clocks” all the time as a teen/20’s. I very nearly suggested it to a friend just a few weeks ago but opted for meeting at their workplace instead. Most recent time I’ve used it is with my mum last year when I was staying in the city and she was coming for a day out with my 7 yr old niece. It’s a time-honoured meeting place that everyone knows. Nice and easy and simple - just the thing you need for a busy place.
@no-no-noku
4 ай бұрын
I still meet people under the clocks. It's pretty universally known to all my friends and unfortunately the sight of an analog clock is now fairly unique, so there's no ambiguity.
@Autotrope
11 ай бұрын
People from out of town meet people under the clocks. Its very common when you dont know many places in the CBD, you know the clocks. Especially if you've come into town for something like the football, the art galleries, fed square, southbank or to go on a tram somewhere else.
@ducky_the_helper
Жыл бұрын
There's always alt/scene/emo kids sitting on the stairs
@YukeWeiss
Жыл бұрын
I did once use the Sandringham clock to know I had to leg it, but I've never really used the clocks otherwise.
@hypercomms2001
3 ай бұрын
What happened to the Scottish guy who used to play the bagpipes under the clocks? PS: With the Hat shop under the stairs at flinders station... time seemed to have stopped... that hat shop, I would hazard to guess has been there since the opening of Flinder's street....
@TaEncre
Жыл бұрын
Used to always say meet under the clock meaning the one in melb central. If was meeting at flinders would always say meet at the steps.
@derekj5580
4 ай бұрын
I can say that I can't remember the last time I looked at those clocks for departure information... maybe I did once and it was inaccurate. Used them many times as a meeting place... not so much since COVID though.
@dafalzonAUS
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think anyone relies on the clocks, or even know they work, but I would much prefer them over the artificial digital display, maybe that’s just my taste in analog watches
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