"Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back."
Harvey Mackay
INTRODUCTION
After welcome and introductions, ask members some of the following questions to start off the discussion.
- Is the saying 'Time Flies' an accurate reflection on life?
- Does the passing of time seem to speed up as you grow older? Why do you think that might be?
- What was the happiest time of your life?
- What are some of the good things about being older?
IDIOMS
Next, complete these idioms together, by way of a shout out ...
A stitch in time saves NINE
Having a whale of a TIME
Too much time on your HANDS
Works like clockWORK
Time waits for no MAN
In the blink of an EYE
Once in a blue MOON
At the eleventh HOUR
The crack of DAWN
Counting down until MIDNIGHT
In the nick of TIME
Better late than NEVER
Against the CLOCK
Third time LUCKY
In the long RUN
In one fail SWOOP
I wasn't born YESTERDAY
Time FLIES
Turn back the hands of TIME
Saved by the BELL
Only time will TELL
Round 1. Clocks
Name the type of clock ...
What flower is this?
What do people think of the phrase "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be."?
What time did people set their alarm for when working?
Have you got any clocks that need winding?
Did anyone take part in any races requiring one of these?
What is different about this bird?
Do people have clocks that chime?
Is anyone wearing one of these?
How many minutes for a hard boiled egg?
Is it easier to read a traditional clock or a 24 hour clock?
Does anyone still wear a suit and waistcoat?
Does anyone go to church on a Sunday?
Can anyone think of any other types of clock?
'Breakfast' comedy sketch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t75jW263CTw
What did they have for breakfast?
Name them?
Answers
Dandelion clock, Sundial, Alarm clock
Carriage clock, Stopwatch, Cuckoo clock (a cuckoo kicks the eggs of a host bird out of the nest and is not fledged by it's parents)
Grandfather clock, Wristwatch, Egg timer (7 minutes for a hard boild agg, 6 minutes with a runny yolk)
Digital or atomic clock, Fob or pocket watch, Chuch clock
What did they have for breakfast? CERAL, TOAST, GRAPEFRUIT, EGGS, PANCAKES, SAUSAGES & TEA
Name them? ERIC MORECAMBE & ERNIE WISE
Round 2. World Famous Clocks & Bells
Name these famous clocks and bells ...
What is the tower called?
Where would you find this bell?
How old is this 'clock'?
What do the intials 'G.M.T' stand for?
In which American railway station would you find this clock?
Which painter painted these 'melting clocks'? (They appeared in the Hitchcock movie 'Vertigo'.)
At what time and on what day does this ball drop?
Which musician had an album which featured these bells? (The music featured in the movie 'The Exorcist'.)
What are you if you are born within earshot of these bells?
Answers
What is the tower called? 'Big Ben' is the bell, which sits at the top of the 'Elizabeth Tower'
Where would you find this bell? The 'Liberty Bell' can be found in Philadelphia
How old is this 'clock'? 'Stonehenge' is about 5,000 years old
What do the intials 'G.M.T' stand for? 'Greenwich Mean Time'
In which American railway station would you find this clock? 'Grand Central Station', New York
Which painter painted these 'melting clocks'? (They appeared in the Hitchcock movie 'Vertigo'.). Salvador Dali
At what time and on what day does this ball drop? Midnight on New Year's Eve in 'Times Square'
Which musician had an album which featured these bells? (The music featured in the movie 'The Exorcist'.) Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells'
What are you if you are born within earshot of these bells? A Cockney
Round 3. Bells
Name the type of bell ...
Do larger bells have a higher or lower tone?
What are these bellringers called?
What country's flag features on this bell?
On what spring day do they dance?
Name Santa's nine reindeer?
Where would you find one of these bells?
What drink did we used to be given in morning break?
Who can (or could ride a bike)?
Has anyone got an old fashioned one of these?
Name the TV show?
What would you do if this bell rang?
At what moment are these bells rung?
'Morris Dancers' comedy sketch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_psj5xzYHzY
What game do they play in this sketch?
Name them?
Answers
Do larger bells have a higher or lower tone? HAND BELLS - Larger bells have a lower tone
What are these bellringers called? CHURCH BELLS - Campanologists
What country's flag features on this bell? COW BELL - Switzerland
On what spring day do they dance? MORRIS DANCERS - May Day
Name Santa's nine reindeer? SLEIGH BELLS - Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
Where would you find one of these bells? CALL BELL - Hotel
What drink did we used to be given in morning break? SCHOOL BELL - Milk
Who can (or could ride a bike)? BICYCLE BELL
Has anyone got an old fashioned one of these? DOORBELL
Name the TV show? ROOM BELLS - 'Downton Abbey'
What would you do if this bell rang? FIRE ALARM - Evacuate
At what moment are these bells rung? ALTAR BELLS - When the bread and wine is blessed
What game do they play in this sketch? LEAP FROG
Name them? RONNIE BARKER & RONNIE CORBETT
Round 4. Movies
 | Name this 1946 Christmas movie? Who got his wings when the bell rang? |
 | Name this 1953 movie? Name the fairy? |
 | Name this 1953 thriller? What was her name before she changed it? |
 | Name this 1960 sci fi movie? Who wrote the book? |
 | Name this 1956 movie? What are the names of the two main characters pictured here? |
 | Name this American 1960-70s sci-fi TV series? Which period or moment in history would you like to travel to? |
 | Name this 1965 movie? Which actress is bathing in the blue flame to stay young? |
 | Name the lead actor in this 1974 movie? Can you name the flying dinosaur (top left) and the dinosaur in the water? |
 | Name this 1985 sci-fi movie? Name the two characters pictured here? Which car time travelled? |
 | Name this 1993 movie? Who, pictured, starred in it? |
 | Name this 1990s TV comedy series? Who is the lead actor in the middle? |
 | Name this 2008 movie? Who, pictured, starred in the movie? |
 | Name this time travel machine? Name the doctors below? |
Answers
'It's A Wonderful Life' / Clarence
'Peter Pan' / Tinkerbell 'Niagara' / Norman Jean Mortenson
'The Time Machine' / H.G. Wells
'Around The World In Eighty Day's / Phileas Fogg & Passepartout
'The Time Tunnel'
'She' / Ursula Andress
'The Land That Time Forget' / Doug McClure / Tyrannosaurus Rex & Pterodactyl
'Back To The Future' / Marty McFly & Doc Brown / DeLorean
'Groundhog Day' / Bill Murray
'Goodnight Sweetheart' / Nicholas Lyndhurst
'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button' / Brad Pitt
Tardis /
William Hartnell (1908-1967) First Doctor: 1963-1966
Patrick Troughton (1920-1987) Second Doctor: 1966-1969
Jon Pertwee (1919-1996) Third Doctor: 1970-1974
Tom Baker (1934-) Fourth Doctor: 1974-1981
Peter Davison (1951-) Fifth Doctor: 1982-1984
Colin Baker (1943-) Sixth Doctor: 1984-1986
Sylvester McCoy (1943-) Seventh Doctor: 1987-1989
Paul McGann (1959-) Eighth Doctor: 1996
Christopher Eccleston (1964-) Ninth Doctor: 2005
David Tennant (1971-) Tenth Doctor: 2005-2010
Matt Smith (1982-) Eleventh Doctor: 2010-2013
Peter Capaldi (1958-) Twelfth Doctor: 2014-2017
Jodie Whittaker (1982-) Thirteenth Doctor: 2018-2022
Ncuti Gatwa (1992-) Fifteenth Doctor: 2023-
Funny 'Telling The Time' clip
Round 5. Music
Here is your Spotify playlist ...
NEWS STORY
A message in a bottle has washed up on the same shores it is thought to have started its journey from 82 years ago.
Nigel Hill was walking his dog on a beach in St Aubin, Jersey, when he stumbled upon the glass bottle on Tuesday morning.
A note inside - dated 1938 - asks the finder to "communicate" with a man called John Stapleford.
It appears on the back of a cake box, which can be traced to the once Jersey-based company Cawley Bros.
People investigating the bottle said that led them to believe the note had originated from the island and they had guessed it was sent by Mr Stapleford, who was curious about whether anyone would find it.
The message includes an address for Mr Stapleford in Hertfordshire.
Mr Hill said the discovery had prompted him to track down the relatives of Mr Stapleford, adding the support from people in Jersey had been "overwhelming".
Jersey resident, Phil Le Cheminant, said "incredible records" revealed Mr Stapleford had been a civil servant.
Why he was in Jersey remains "a part of the puzzle we are yet to solve", said Mr Le Cheminant.
Ask members to write a 'Message In A Bottle' that conveys who they are to future generations.
Ask them to add a drawing or significant photo.
(You could make these for real and demonstrate the bottles.)
Or you could make a (pretend) Time Capsule, to be opened by the next generation in 100 years. Ask members to draw one thing which would help people of the future understand our past.
Or you could make a 'Potato Clock' ...
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