10-17-2014, 08:42 AM
good day all , summer has returned - this weather is crazy !
its nice to here from RB , glad you are feeling yourself and looking towards the future - take it easy .
going to see the in-laws I think I've timed it right -its tea time 1!!
King Edward V11 memorial clock.
the town clock built or nearly not built to commemorate the new king , then put on hold ,but as time passed the king passed away so the town folk collected for a penny a brick until they had enough to build the clock - it did not belong to the local authority . Officially opened 29Jan 1913 , all was well until the 1970's when a new council took over several local smaller town councils , there was to be a massive re-development in the town and the clock was in the way
, but the town people objected , then it was announced that it was t be removed to the nearby Kirkletham Museum , there was uproar amongst the town folk - after all it was the peoples clock and not the councils - meanwhile along came the millennium , so the council decided to give the town a new clock - this did not go down well so a committee was formed and the local people sold shares to buy a brick ( just like in the beginning) to repair the clock 500 was their goal and all the shares was sold , together with a grant from the lottery the town clock was restored and sits pride of place in the High Street ( the council and bus company still say its in the way 
)
up until the 1980's the clock was in the centre of the roundabout - but as bus got bigger the road was straightened out .
its nice to here from RB , glad you are feeling yourself and looking towards the future - take it easy .
going to see the in-laws I think I've timed it right -its tea time 1!!
King Edward V11 memorial clock.
the town clock built or nearly not built to commemorate the new king , then put on hold ,but as time passed the king passed away so the town folk collected for a penny a brick until they had enough to build the clock - it did not belong to the local authority . Officially opened 29Jan 1913 , all was well until the 1970's when a new council took over several local smaller town councils , there was to be a massive re-development in the town and the clock was in the way
, but the town people objected , then it was announced that it was t be removed to the nearby Kirkletham Museum , there was uproar amongst the town folk - after all it was the peoples clock and not the councils - meanwhile along came the millennium , so the council decided to give the town a new clock - this did not go down well so a committee was formed and the local people sold shares to buy a brick ( just like in the beginning) to repair the clock 500 was their goal and all the shares was sold , together with a grant from the lottery the town clock was restored and sits pride of place in the High Street ( the council and bus company still say its in the way )up until the 1980's the clock was in the centre of the roundabout - but as bus got bigger the road was straightened out .