Chamberlain clock restoration

[Astoness]

heard today that they have started to remove the clock for a restoration job...great news

Landmark Jewellery Quarter clock to undergo restoration

The Joseph Chamberlain clock will be cleaned while researchers look at his role in the British Empire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ellbrown]

Got some photos of that today.

Up Frederick Street to the Chamberlain Clock in the Jewellery Quarter.





Warstone Lane





Vyse Street



Further down Warstone Lane near Golden Square.

 

[Radiorails]

Researchers looking into his role in the British Empire? That might sound ominous, it might not!

 

[Astoness]

thanks for the photos ell..i was hoping someone would be about to take them

lyn

 

[Brookfields Lad]

Got some photos of that today.

Up Frederick Street to the Chamberlain Clock in the Jewellery Quarter.





Warstone Lane





Vyse Street



Further down Warstone Lane near Golden Square.

Very memorable for the first 23yrs of my life.

 

[ellbrown]

thanks for the photos ell..i was hoping someone would be about to take them

lyn

I'd taken a few earlier this month, and was aware it was going today and tomorrow.

 

[Astoness]

ell do you know if its just the top thats being removed for repairs and restoration and doing the rest in situ or are they taking the whole clock away..

lyn

 

[Brookfields Lad]

I understand that Joseph Chamberlain was a resident of Frederick st. Anyone know where about and when?

 

[Radiorails]

Whoever the researchers are they could read this book I guess. It may save the city or some other establishment some money!
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/chamberlain-and-cadbury.47747/#post-677773

 

[Pedrocut]

Researchers looking into his role in the British Empire? That might sound ominous, it might not!

Interesting that the BBC say research will be carried out into Chamberlain's role in the British Empire, and a new information panel will be installed. It looks like they have already researched and now maybe the time to remove for a while. Just in case...

 

[ellbrown]

ell do you know if its just the top thats being removed for repairs and restoration and doing the rest in situ or are they taking the whole clock away..

lyn

The whole clock, the tower, the mechanisms, all off to Smith of Derby. It will be restored off site. So the roundabout will not have anything on it until early 2021.

 

[Astoness]

thanks ell and well done to those who raised funds for the restoration

 

[Pedrocut]

Here is a better view of the old plaque...

The Chamberlain Clock

The Chamberlain Clock is the most visible and perhaps memorable of the many historic landmarks and interesting features to see in the Jewellery Quarter. This fine clock tower, located centrally at the junction of the districts main streets (Vyse St, Warstone Lane & Frederick St.), was erected in...

readtheplaque.com

 

[Vivienne14]

The clock is being reinstated on 20 March. Also a new interpretation panel about about Golden Square is being installed. Viv.

 

[Pedrocut]

It will be interesting to read the new inscriptio.

 

[Pedrocut]

A more detailed explanation of the new interpretation, and the research behind it looks like it will be available online.

Reinstatement date for historic Birmingham landmark revealed - The Jewellery Quarter

Following extensive repairs and restoration, the Jewellery Quarter’s 118-year-old Chamberlain Clock will be reinstated 20th-21st March 2021, complete with a new interpretation panel.

jewelleryquarter.net