You may say it’s impossible but it is entirely true.
Back in the day, way back, before digital watches,Rolex and fancy time-pieces, you couldn’t just ask someone for the time.
If you wanted the precise time, you had to pay for it.
Perhaps the biggest time pimp of the day was a woman named Ruth Bellvile. Back then only the rich had the right time and thus if you had the money, she had the time to listen to listen to you.
Her dad, John Henry Belville, started the time service in 1836. Every morning he would go to the Greenwich Observatory and synchronize his pocket watch with the conservatory clock which was the the most accurate clock in England. Then he would supply the real time to his subscribers.
John’s wife, Maria, took over when John’s time passed. Then Ruth took over when mom retired and sold the time to hundreds of people right up until 1940.
To think that we actually take for granted….
Hmmm, time after time.
Incredible…