THE years have been turned back at a romantic meeting point in a Valentine’s Day restoration. Courting couples began meeting under the Binns Clock in Edinburgh after the former department store installed the streetside timepiece in 1960. But 60 years of Scottish weather took their toll on the cantilever clock, leaving it in a state of disrepair. Now it’s hoped the landmark on the corner of Princes Street and Hope Street will become a hotspot for future meet-ups following an extensive restoration carried out in time for Valentine’s Day. Couples needn’t even look up to check they’re not late for a post-Covid date as the musical mechanism has been fixed as part of the work.