Church Tower Clock Chime - 1890

A few years ago I came across an old church clock up in Cambois, Northumberland. The clock is now fully restored and has a name 'William Perrett - Weston Super Mare', but I think the movement is a Thwaites & Reed, makers of the old clock at Westminster, Big Ben.
The bell was made by J. Taylor, Loughborough, 1890 and the clock is a similar age, no doubt made by engineers who were ultimately to perish in WW1.

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Science & Technology

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• Church
• Clock
• Bell
• Chime

[keithperrett]

William Perrett was my Gt Uncle, a jeweller and watchmaker in Weston for most of his life - he died in 1937 -nice to see the clock ! Keith Perrett

[ChiefStressman]

Hi Keith,

This is of great interest and would much appreciate any info on William if you have it to hand. You're welcome to see the clock any time you are able to visit Southampton. Best regards, John

[ChiefStressman]

Thanks for your most helpful thoughts and kind comments. If the weather ever improves I'll have another go to film this in daylight. It certainly would improve the image quality. Glad you liked it though. John

[CaitlinBrooksMusic]

Oh, wow. THERE'S the pendulum. That's interesting to see the mechanism close-up.

[Tricyklist]

You have a steady hand but a just little more light would have been nice. No doubt difficult to arrange though. Best seen in "high quality" full screen with decent sound quality. Congratulations on a really good effort in capturing a difficult subject. Nice clock BTW.