Clocks

[bhatti]

ye been there.quoted too much.im looking for clock works for same that I can swap over.saw some on....bay but was out bid.thankyou very much for your reply.keep in touch

 

[Grea]

what parts do you need. i have some that may help you

 

[bhatti]

I really need this ,but minimum -butterfly and wher the pendulum hangs I forget the name

 

[Grea]

ok i will look in the morning. are the chimes westminster, whittington or both

 

[bhatti]

Westminster chimes hour quarter half.thanks

 

[Grea]

Have you got a rear shot of these works

 

[bhatti]

Here are some pictures in first picture the flywheel has come off at top and bottom is still there

 

[Radiorails]

No Birmingham connection but knowing the interest in clocks by some Members I post this interesting item from Devon.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/rare-clock-made-brilliant-devon-500667

 

[Vivienne14]

Beautiful. Mr Stumbles was very skilled. Viv

 

[Vivienne14]

Welcome Samson Lion. I missed your earlier post, so hope the Heritage Open Day went well. I'm sure you'll already know this about its maker, but for our members here's a bit about W F Evans. I found this biography on a couple of auction websites:

"W.F. Evans of Handsworth Biography.

Evans of Handsworth were one of the top makers of skeleton clocks in the Victorian period. John Houghton, formerly the foreman of Boulton & Watt at the Soho factory, took over their clock making business in 1805 after the decision of the firm to discontinue clock manufacture, calling it The Soho Clock Factory. Houghton was joined by his son-in-law William Frederick Evans and when the former decided to retire in 1843 Evans continued as W.F. Evans & Son. They made many different styles and types of clocks but they are primarily known for the selection of skeleton clocks that included a number modelled on various ecclesiastical buildings, those of York and Westminster cathedrals, with three-train eight-bell chiming movements, being the most spectacular. Evans also produced a clock based on the Scott Memorial in Edinburgh to show at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851. He went on to make various differing designs of the clock for retail ....... "


Viv.

 

[Grea]

Here are some pictures in first picture the flywheel has come off at top and bottom is still there

Sorry Bhatti, I have nothing like the striking mechanism G

 

[bhatti]

Sorry Bhatti, I have nothing like the striking mechanism G

ok thanks G

 

[bhatti]

 

[Grea]

Have you heard it chime at all

 

[bhatti]

I haven't tested it but it did. Here are some parts if you can help regards

 

[bhatti]

top 4 pictures are the same part from different angles.so only two parts

 

[Pedrocut]

May 1852...

 

[Pedrocut]

Back in 1967 the question seems to be just how long the old clock will last.

 

[Vivienne14]

The City Public Lighting Department retiring staff get clocks in 1939. Viv.

 

[ellbrown]

There's a clock on this corner building in Northfield.

 

[Radiorails]

In the thread below there are two photos of this place in Northfield. There are others in another thread. It is interesting to note that in many street photos on the Forum a clock can be seen.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ur-old-street-pics.41947/page-104#post-588508

 

[Radiorails]

Bournville Lane

 

[ellbrown]

In the thread below there are two photos of this place in Northfield. There are others in another thread. It is interesting to note that in many street photos on the Forum a clock can be seen.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ur-old-street-pics.41947/page-104#post-588508

Do you know what that building in Northfield is called? Or what it was used for a century ago?

 

[Radiorails]

No I don't EllB. I have seen a photo of it in the mid 20th.century showing a shop named James Munns but what his trade was I could not tell. A map expert - of whom we are blessed with a few - might shed light on it all.
Incidentally the opposite corner was once the famous/infamous Bell Inn.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/the-bell-inn.10693/

 

[mikejee]

In the c1903 map the building is not there, the row of shops beginning a little further down the road. there is a building there on the c1916 map, which would agree with the style of the building. Kellys for 1915 does not seem to list it, but the 1921 edition lists it as James Huins, boot & shoe maker

 

[farmerdave]

Gledhill-Brook Time Recorders were used for clocking the workforce in and out. One was spotted this week (1930s vintage) in the Old Forge at Michelham Priory, East Sussex. The clock face says that the Company was based in Huddersfield, Halifax, London and Birmingham. Does anybody know whereabouts in Birmingham?

 

[mikejee]

D.H.Gledhill & Sons Ltd, ' cash register makers. 206 Corporation St
from 1939 Kellys

 

[oldMohawk]

This pic from the 'Old Streets' thread shows a fine clock which must have been useful to folks who did not have pocket watches.

Small Heath Library on Green Lane with Little Green Lane on the left. Unfortunately no date.

The pic has since been dated between 1904 to 1907

In 2017 the clock was still there ...

 

[Frothblower]

A clock spotted today. I was standingat the Metro stop in Bull street

 

[Williamstreeter]

These were once an important feature of the street landscape. But nowadays they've become less so. I expect many may even have disappeared from our streets, but some lovely examples remain. Once clocks could be found in many places; on civic buildings, factories or stand alone at important crossroads. This lovely example was on Corporation Street, above Nathan's the jeweller's shop and/or pawnbrokers. It's one I often used in the past as I waited for buses just outside the shop. A delight to look up and see. Viv.

I remember that one very well Viv