Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He ohorere motuhake tēnei mō tōna māmā me ngā kaiahuwhenua nāna i tuku mai te tamaiti 20 pauna te taumaha i muri i te whānautanga e toru haora te roa. He tino nui ia, nā reira i āwhina te Hepara John Hendy me tētahi rōpū tokotoru ki te āwhina i te whaea Jean ki te tuku i te reme taitamariki e tata ana ki Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, kua tapaina nei e rātou ko Big Ben. E whitu nga tau o Jean, he whaea mohio ia, engari e rua nga taumaha o Ben i ona tuakana, teina, tuahine i whanau i mua i a ia, he 8-10 pauna te taumaha toharite o ratou katoa. Big Ben: Ko te reme 20 pauna te taumaha e rua o te toharite o te tamaiti hou-whanau, e teitei ake ana i nga hoa. He whaea whakapehapeha: ko Jean me tana tama nui a Big Ben i muri i te mahi e toru haora i te pāmu o Leicestershire. Ehara a Ben i te reme nui rawa atu i whanau i tēnei whenua engari ko Jean Morris mai i te pāmu i mea ko Big Ben te mea nui rawa atu i whanau i a rātou. 'Ki taku whakaaro kaore he mea rereke mo tetahi matua, a koinei te wa tuatahi kua whakatipuhia e matou he reme nui penei,' i kii ia. 'Kua tino harikoa tona whaea i te mutunga.' I tāpiri atu a ia, e hiahia ana te pāmu kia noho tonu a Pene hei hipi toa, i te tūmanako ka tukuna atu e ia ōna āhuatanga mīharo ki tōna kahui ā muri ake. 'I tēnei tau e 86 a mātou hipi ki te reme engari kāore tētahi i tūmanako kia kitea tētahi rite ki a ia,' i mea ia. 'Kei te whakaaro mātou ki te pupuri i a ia hei tup - he hipi toa whakatipu - kia kite ai mēnā ka tukuna e ia tana taumaha ki nga reme e whakatipu ana ia.' He rite tonu te rahi ki te tangata: ka nui ake a Ben i ētahi atu hipi 86 i whānau mai i te pāmu kotahi i tēnei wā. Ko te taenga mai o Ben i te rua wiki noa iho i muri i te reme nui rawa i whanau i te UK i te taumaha nui o te 24 pauna i te raki o Wales. I huaina ia ko Te Nui, ā, e whakaponohia ana ko ia te reme taumaha rawa atu i whanau i te mohoao. I te tau kua hipa i whānau mai a Goliath i te 22 pauna 5 inihi i Wellington i Somerset. Ko te taitara mo te reme whakawhiti Suffolk tino taumaha ko Bruno, i tapaina ko 'Woooly Lamboth', i whanau i Worcestershire i te tau 2009 i te 21 pauna hauora. I whakaorangia a Bruno i te tapahi nā tōna rahi i te mea i whakatau tōna rangatira ki te pupuri i a ia hei kararehe mōrearea nā te mea i hiahia ia ki te mōhio he pēhea te rahi o tana...
I tapaina e ngā kaiahuwhenua ko Big Ben i a ia e whakaiti ana i ētahi atu hipi 85 i whānau i tēnei wā. Ko te whaea e whitu tau te pakeke engari ko era atu tamariki katoa te taumaha 8-10 pauna. I whānau mai e rua wiki i muri i te reme nui rawa i whanau i Wales, e 24 pauna te taumaha.