Ruth Belville, the Greenwich Time Lady, was a businesswoman from London. She and her family sold people the time. This was done by setting a Belville’s watch to GMT, shown by the Greenwich clock each day and then “selling” people the time by letting them look at the watch and adjust theirs.
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