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Clocks

There was a digital type clock at the NEC; that alternated between time and temperature. I remember 5C, but no recollection of the date suffice to say it must have been in the winter months :D
 
The Exchange Clock…The Biggest Liar in Town.

In BordesleyExile’s original post on the “Exchange Building” it is mentioned….”The central tower is 110 feet high, the turret, in which there was placed a clock made by John Inshaw, to be moved by electro-magnetic power (but which is now only noted for its incorrectness), rising some 45 feet above the cornice.”
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/exchange-building.38452/

Here is December 1864 B’ham Daily Post…


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I have now completed the entire thread on Clocks, one thing I've noticed missing is the clock that used to be at Five Ways top of Broad St , Hagley Road , Ladywood Rd , Islington Row . I was informed by an adult when I was a nipper that Goering's Luftwaffe help move this clock three times jduring the war .
 
It's in the Street Furniture thread. Here are two pics linked from that thread (only visible if logged in)
There are probably more pics ...:)
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/street-furniture.42920/post-371871
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I just wish that the people who owned the buildings with clocks would maintain them so they would always tell the correct time.
 
Two clocks within spitting distance on the Bearwood Road. One on top of the Bear (Tempus fugit - time flies) and a more modern one across the road.

Was wondering if the bears spout rainwater, like gargoyles? Maybe not, probably just decorative. Viv.

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In 1945 Big Brum remained unlit due to WW2 damage.And in 1948 the hours of 8-10 and 4-6 were blacked out on public clocks. Viv.
 

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Can’t say I’ve ever seen a photo of a clock with the numbers blacked out (1948 energy saving reminder). How did they do it ? Paint on the clock face ? Or did they put some sort of cover over the numbers ? Viv.
 
Surely Viv they were only referring to lit clocks, and they just did no light them up in those hours
 
Not sure Mike as it says “to have the hours of 8-10 and 4-6 blacked out” ??? Whatever that means ! Viv.
 
It was part of the countries economy drive due to our industries need for energy to drive the re-building of Britains economy.
 
Thinking about it, I read the blacking out times as literally blacking out those numbers on the clock faces. But reading it over and over several times I can see how it refers to the clock itself being blacked out during those times. Think it’s the way it’s written. And hence why I’ve never seen a photo of the numbers on a clock face blacked out ! Gawd, got there in the end. Viv
 
Vivienne14 said:
Two clocks within spitting distance on the Bearwood Road. One on top of the Bear (Tempus fugit - time flies) and a more modern one across the road.

Was wondering if the bears spout rainwater, like gargoyles? Maybe not, probably just decorative. Viv.

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No Viv, the bears don't spit rainwater! Be fun if they did though.

I've checked the time on both of those clocks and the one that used to be on Roberts & Brains funeral directors on Three Shires Oak Road many, many times walking to and from Bearwood Road to my home by Warley Woods.
 
This clock shown in the scene of Slade Road Stockland Green has now gone. But there are still signs of its position, two marks from the brackets which held the clock in place are above and below the modern burglar alarm.

I expect this was a useful aid for catching the tram. The photo looks about 1930s (?). I’m sure someone will correct me if wrong. I don’t remember it being there in the 1960s when I went to school nearby.

Viv.


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