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Hockley Chamberlain Clock

Ian FOFB

Ian FOFB

Brummie yes ! Novice no !
The 'then' pictures are taken from old postcards, the 'now' pictures taken from Google Streetview.
The older of the pictures is thought to date from 1905.

Ian.
 
brilliant ian...i love the old pic which is new to me...most important as it shows the buildings on the right which are no longer there...flattened to make way for shops and the big peg building...thank for posting it...

lyn
 
Great photo's Ian. As Lyn says it's nice to see the old buildings. I only commented while going round the island on Tuesday how busy it was the place is buzzing at the moment. I have a book somewhere of when they refurbished the clock, must look it out.
 
The Wikipedia link with picture. “It was erected in 1903 to mark Joseph Chamberlain's tour of South Africa between 26 December 1902 and 25 February 1903, after the end of the Second Boer War.”

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Chamberlain Clock - Wikipedia

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A medal struck to commemorate the visit taken from BBC History Magazine.





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South African History Online..

Joseph Chamberlain | South African History Online

Joseph Chamberlain was a British statesman, a colonial administrator and politician who went from being a radical, almost socialist liberal to an arch imperialist serving in a Tory cabinet.
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