Here’s the answer 👇🏼 The Bristol Corn Exchange clock has two short hands because the city once ran on its own local time. One hand showed Bristol time which was about ten minutes behind London. The other showed the new railway time that the rest of the country was switching to. Over time this created the folklore that traders used the two times to their advantage choosing whichever time suited them when arguing about prices deadlines or lateness. It wasn’t built to trick people but it definite