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Following his defeat at the Battle of Worcester the future King Charles II needed to lay low and evade capture. His intention was to walk to Swansea (a plan abandoned during his stay at Boscobel). He spent 14 hours in a tree when Parliamentary forces were searching the area, and also hid in a priest hole in Boscobel House. Catholic families hid him and helped him to escape to Shoreham, where he took a ship across the Channel and nine years' exile.
Miniature Novelty clock Was given to me as a gift by my sister in Perth.
Only Time will tell and every clock tells a story....
The problem with clock is, once you got two they start to multiply..
It all started when I acquired my first clock a 1960's jap 7-day wall clock from a colleague of mine by the name of Wong Mun Lai, a clock collector
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It was a non-working clock which I wanted to hang up for display. After a while, I felt something amiss. A clock is not a clock if it does'nt work! So I took it apart and do some fixing, to my surprise I managed to get it ticking again ! I was totally fascinated From there I got my second, third and so on....
My favourite has to be the 400 day clock
Amazing time piece and fun to repair Next in line is those of the electromechanical design type
I love the working principles
At the time of writing, my collection is still growing....but has grind to a halt as my interest is now focus on nature photography
Clock next to the Cathedral in Zagreb, Croatia. The abstract photo of this clock is taken in between two statues that belonged to the Cathedral and have been placed on pillars in front of a rennaisance wall close to it.
Part of my "250 years in Chester" set.
In 1872 the local architect John Douglas was asked to prepare a number of designs by Hugh Grosvenor who was at that time the 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The Marquess offered to pay half the cost of the project but the Chester Improvement Committee would not allow any council funds for it, and the scheme came to nothing. The idea was revived to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1896. At this time the 1st Duke of Westminster suggested that the city should support Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute of Nurses. Other ideas suggested at the time were a statue of Queen Victoria in the Town Hall square, or a clock in the Town Hall tower.
A committee was set up and, despite early support for the Queen's Institute and for general festivities, it was finally decided to erect a memorial tower and clock on Eastgate. John Douglas was again invited to prepare a design. His first design was for a stone structure costing £1,000 (£84,000 as of 2012). However a wooden model showed that this would restrict the daylight to the neighbouring properties. In October 1897 a meeting of the subscribers to the fund (who had by that time raised nearly £651 (£55,000 as of 2012), carried a motion to erect a light iron-work structure containing a clock. John Douglas prepared a new design which was approved in March 1898.
The clock mechanism was made by J. B. Joyce & Company of Whitchurch, Shropshire, who until 1974 supplied a technician to travel to Chester each week to wind it. The cast iron inscriptions on the clock were made by the Coalbrookdale Iron Company. The ironwork for the tower was made by the firm of James Swindley of Handbridge; James Swindley was John Douglas's cousin. The official opening of the clock was performed on 27 May 1899, which was Queen Victoria's 80th birthday.
However the date is bears is 1897?
I've lived in Chester for almost 40 years (my whole life) and never taken a photo of this before. This is the second most photographed clock in Britain, if not the world. To me it's as much background as the sky, hardly noticed but always there.
Koma 400 day clock, olden quartz movement. Every thing was made to resemble that of a true mechanical model except it was run on battery
Only Time will tell and every clock tells a story....
The problem with clock is, once you got two they start to multiply..
It all started when I acquired my first clock a 1960's jap 7-day wall clock from a colleague of mine by the name of Wong Mun Lai, a clock collector
www.flickr.com/photos/lonesomecrow/3975601137/in/set-7215...
It was a non-working clock which I wanted to hang up for display. After a while, I felt something amiss. A clock is not a clock if it does'nt work! So I took it apart and do some fixing, to my surprise I managed to get it ticking again ! I was totally fascinated From there I got my second, third and so on....
My favourite has to be the 400 day clock
Amazing time piece and fun to repair Next in line is those of the electromechanical design type
I love the working principles
At the time of writing, my collection is still growing....but has grind to a halt as my interest is now focus on nature photography
Unvielled by Prince Charles in 2000, this is the sorry edifice that is Gainsborough's Millenium Clock, sandwiched in a sorry area between the bus station and the dole office.
I wonder how many of these clocks there are, dotted around the UK?
Astronomical clock, Staré Město, Prague, Czech Republic.
The clock consists of an astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky, "The Walk of the Apostles", a clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures; and a calendar dial (part shown here) with medallions representing the months.
Tick-Tock
For my final project, I choose to take pictures of clocks and watches. Although this may seem like an odd choice of subject, I found a new appreciation for these simple objects. I began my project by thinking of all the various watches and clocks that exist today. Endless is the only word that dares justify the category of our time-keepers. We have everything from a sundial to a tower clock, an hourglass to an atomic watch. If you were to look around your house, I would not be surprised if you found twenty or so time-keeping devices. Whether decorative or practical, an embellishment or part of your everyday wardrobe, these items are extremely vital to us. We live in a busy world, where our day revolves around our schedule. We rush from place to place, I would go as far as saying that we are addicted to time, yet take for granted how easily we come to know the time. And this is where my inspiration came from. I wanted to show the beauty in our watches and clocks, and capture their memories and story into a single frame.
I mounted my photos, as if they were the clocks numbers, and I added real clock hands, making my project an actual clock! I thought this was a creative way to display my photos, and although they are not set to the exact numbers per say, the overall theme is very clear. As for my composition, I choose to keep all the photos in color, because as a collection it benefitted the photos. I used a variety of angles and other enhancements to make a collection of interesting pictures. I believe that all of the photos are very thought-provoking and allow the viewer to imagine a story behind the clock or watch. I also believe that the titles give the pictures life. I hope you enjoy the collection, and learn to appreciate the beauty of these simple objects in our life!
So, not only was this clock awesome, but all of the clocks in the clock department were set correctly. I'm lying when I say "all." Still, 90%...
Wheelton clock tower is to commemorate the glorious memory of the men of Heapey and Wheelton who fell in the Great War in 1914-1918. The south side has 2
lettered panels, the upper displaying 46 names and the lower headed
1939-1945 listing 12 names.
Further down on the spine of rock that forms the Signal Hill Observatory is the Atkinson Clock Tower, which is seen here. More notes on that in subsequent captions, but the wooden tower really fascinated me. Like I'd never seen a tower made completely from wood before this! (Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, Nov. 2013)
Ordinary pic, but a good true story for you;
The start of 1955, 1st February to be exact, brought the end to The Six O'clock Swill where drinkers had previously been restricted to finishing their hotel drinking early in the evening. It was a dire time before then with the beer guzzling frenzy being watched by bemused visitors and with drinkers being too scared to move from the bar for fear of losing their place.
Following a lost vote in 1947 the drinkers finally won with a narrow win in The Referendum of 1954. Pubs could now keep their doors open to 10.00 p.m.
The origin of the restrictions was a directive from the Federal Government to the States in 1916 following a riot amongst soldiers at Liverpool army camp. Restrictions were to be lifted after World War 1 but somehow the habit lingered on.
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If it wasn’t for groups such as Women's Christian Temperance Union the Swill would never have lasted so long and story's are told where upon leaving work men would make a mad dash to their local watering hole (pub) and not leave their spot next to the bar till closing time.
The main bars of pubs had to be tiled (and in old pubs you can still see the tiled bar areas) as many men urinated and threw up under the bar for fear of losing their spot at the bar if they left it. True story!
CGI illustration of a clock dial with rainbow back-lighting. The dial is influenced by the Westminster Clock (Big Ben) London, UK.
This clock has been in our family since the 1950s. I thought it a beautiful subject to photograph while the sunlight was pouring into the room.
Kodak Portra 160 (6x4.5cm)
Pentax 645N, 75mm lens @ f/2.8
Nikon D7000 & 24-120 f4
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