Hi friends here in worldisround,
Hi Mike, thanks so much for the very interesting factoid, now we know! We would've never knew about "Big Ben" if you didn't put those factoids here & so, we highly appreciate these facts:)

Hi Marauder, what a nice name you have, he, he, he:) You can easily look Priory Studios in the internet search, such a bargain of a place in an otherwise expensive city. Anyway, thank you both, friends here in WIS.
— Gentle Lugtu [Eltneg], November 14, 2003

re: the name - Big Ben
"Big Ben" does not refer to the whole clocktower, but to the huge thirteen ton bell that strikes the hour.

One theory has it that the bell was named after a popular heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt. However, the consensus today seems to be that it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall*, a (literally) weighty politician of the time who was the Parliamentary Commissioner of Works.

best wishes,

Mike
— Mike Lynd, November 14, 2003

I agree. These are mediocre pictures but a very well written article. You provided a very useful information regarding cheap accomodation in a very expensive city. Next time I visit London I will check with that studio you stayed. Could you write here their telephone number or e-mail address?
— The Marauder, November 13, 2003