# Talk:The Exchange, Bristol

The link to worldwidewords.org http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cas3.htm actually refutes the article's origin of "pay on the nail". In fact, the article postulates that the relationship is reversed, with the brass tables being called "nails" in response to the turn of phrase. Might it be better to list that reference separately, with mention of the alternate explanation?

In fact the explanation in that page looks good, as there is a french expression 'payer rubis sur l'ongle' litteraly 'to pay rubies on the fingernail' italian 'pagare sull’unghia' litteraly 'to pay on the fingernail'. Chris CII 09:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, someone has gone and edited it to that effect. Also, I threaded this page for clarity. :)
Info on how to get there: As someone who lives 30 mins drive from Bristol I was quite interested to pay a visit to the Exchange.  However, the wiki page does not mention where it is nor do the link pages.  It would be very helpful to have a postcode which could then be input to google maps or multimap.  What do others think of this idea - and does anyone know the actual postcode!  Wikikob Thursday, August 24, 2006.

I have added a map ref and street names for location. The discussion of the origin of the phrase  probably depends on the date of the first "nail" in Bristol & the best evidence I can find for this just says "Elizabethan" therefore it is likely that it pre dates the first written usage of the phrase cited on worldwidewords.org. — Rod talk 09:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
A New picture - at Dusk - I inserted this last night after talking to Rod who said he thought it was a bit better than the picture he contribued.  I'll try and return and get a better pic.  Wikikob 10:04, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Article is well referenced, clear and concise, explains the topic well and broadly without straying into trivia.  Congratulations.  DoomsDay349 00:13, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I can find a number of contradicting references that refer to the nails as being made from bronze or brass (e.g. google for bristol brass nails, or for bristol bronze nails). Given how brass polishes to a shine, I am inclined after looking at the picture in this press report (which is cited in the article) to conclude that the nails are indeed brass not bronze. Discuss? --Bob Re-born (talk) 23:24, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

In the section The Exchange, Bristol#Clock, we read:

the red minute hand shows Greenwich Mean Time and the black minute hand shows Bristol time.
However, upon looking closely at the picture of the clock, I do not see a black minute hand. It looks like the main hands are dark rose and the single minute hand is light rose (or pink). Can anyone clarify this? Is it possible that the minute hand that used to be black has lost its paint? Corinne (talk) 21:30, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ba76dCbiasM/UYOqDzu-ylI/AAAAAAAACSI/5vUQ_siDBp4/s1600/P1000221.JPG
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2257846
Andy Dingley (talk) 22:02, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
I took the picture used in 2007. The geograph one is 2011 so I'm guessing it was repainted. We can reuse the geograph one if useful.— Rod talk 22:39, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

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