Talk:Chance Brothers

Big ben

...they also were the only firm at the time able to make the white glass for the four faces of Big Ben. It isn't called "Big Ben" - that refers to the large bell. The proper name is the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_Tower,_Palace_of_Westminster). Chance were the only UK firm able to replace the glass - Chance actually replaced the German glass after the war that had, ironically, been damaged by the Luftwaffe! Due to the differences in colour, it was decided to replace all the glass. This glass is referred to as opal-flashed - a thin layer of opal glass that is 'flashed' onto the outer faces of clear glass. GlassyEye 21:23, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Correcting myself: The clock faces were replaced with opal glass, not opal-flashed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GlassyEye (talk • contribs) 19:51, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

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Updates, July 2019

A few inaccuracies and inconsistencies have been revised. Frank Chance was a shareholder, but not a director of the Company and he certainly did not manage the works between the wars. Malvern was part of Chance Brothers, then Pilkingtons, but was then bought out by management in c.1992 and then the name changed to Chance Glass Ltd. I'm not sure about the mention of "German glass" to glaze the Westminster Tower clock faces. This could either be, a) glass from Germany, b) glass made by the German workers at Chance, c) a glass simply referred to as German glass because of a particular colour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GlassyEye (talk • contribs) 13:30, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

@GlassyEye: Please can you add citations to your changes? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:29, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Any citations I have are from the Chance Brothers Archives that are currently held at Sandwell Archives. But with 30cu.m. of paperwork to wade through it is difficult to keep track of all the changes, however, I will try to dig them up. Currently writing a complete history of the company so having to juggle 157 years of history :) . (Pigsonthewing: I like the reference to Pink Floyd BTW!) GlassyEye —Preceding undated comment added 11:41, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Currie Lighthouse

I've removed a lengthy section on Currie Lighthouse from the lede of this article. It can be added to the article about the lighthouse, if sources can be provided. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:23, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for this. With so many lighthouses around the globe that use Chance optics (thousands in fact), it makes sense to place data on individual lighthouses on their own page and link back to this article accordingly.GlassyEye