Spalding - Clock and Clarion

Clock - Taken by Lincolnshire Free Press 25 Jul 1922

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Reference WMO/263422

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South Holland Centre

23 Market Place

Spalding

PE11 1SS

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)

Type: Non freestanding

Location: Internal

Setting: Inside a building - public/private

Description: Clock

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: Originally erected in the Corn Exchange, the clock was installed in 1922 and the carillon some time later, In 1972 the Corn Exchange was demolished to make way for the new South Holland Centre, and the carillon is installed in a glass tower below the Clock. The South Holland Centre reopened on October 24 1974, The clock is chimed by 8 of the carillon bells. The Hour Bell [noe C] is of 5 cwts. and is inscribed "This bell was founded and a chiming clock provided by voluntary subscription as the Spalding Victory Memorial to celebrate the triumph of the Allied Forces in the Great War 1914-1918

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Comments:

 
	Spalding’s new chiming clock for the Victory Memorial has now been installed for a few weeks, and we reproduce a photograph of it kindly supplied by the makers, Messrs. John Smith & Son’s, of the Midland Clock Works, Derby.
This particular clock is made to a special specification, and is amongst the three finest clocks in the Country. When completely adjusted, it will keep time to within a fraction of a second per week, which we think our readers will agree, is astonishingly accurate.
	To obtain this accuracy the clock is fitted with Lord Grimthorpe’s double three-legged gravity escapement, which is a detached type of escapement, rendered snow on the hands or variation in the lubrication of the works incapable of affecting the time keeping.
	The escapement is fitted with agate stops to reduce friction, this being a very unusual feature. The clock is also fitted with precision discharging levers, so that, unlike an ordinary clock, the bell will be struck accurately to within a fraction of a second of time, instead of with a variation of a few seconds.
	The clock will thus give time to the town accurate to a fraction of a second, as the first blow of the quarter chimes and of the hour strike. This feature should be of interest to those residents of the town who are keen on timing their household clocks accurately.
	The clock is also fitted with automatic “on and off” mechanism for the chimes and hour strike, so that it can be automatically silent for any period desired during the night.
	Altogether it is a piece of mechanism of which the townspeople may well be proud, and although the town may be backward with regard to such things as supply of electric light and power, fire fighting appliances, free library and swimming baths, it has at any rate, a clock second to none.
	Most of our readers probably think that a tower clock would be simply a large edition of an alarm clock for example, but examination of the above picture will show that a modern tower clock is arranged on a flat girder bed (measuring in this case over 6 feet in length). This particular arrangement is adopted to give facility for removing any particular wheel and axle without disturbing any of the remainder.
	The clock is fitted with a heavy 2cwt. Compensated pendulum, and has been firmly belted to steel girders, and enclosed in a large glass dustproof case to enable it to keep accurate time.
	It is already fitted with complete mechanism for playing the extremely pretty Guildford Chimes, written in harmonic minor key for eight bells. Such chimes would add a very distinctive feature to the town. We understand that Dr Farrow has already had sufficient money promised him to obtain the bells for this chime, although additional funds would be very welcome to enable the bells to be heavier and give deeper tones.
	It is to be hoped that the Council will facilitate by every means possible the obtaining and installing of the bells, fir it seems a pity to have such a fine clock completely fitted for playing this distinctive chime, and for it only to be striking an hour bell, as it will be doing in the near future.
The Lincolnshire, Boston and Spalding Free Press, Page 5, 25th July 1922

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Some of the bells are dedicated to WW1 casualties: Note F# In memory of Sidney Simson, killed in France July 1916. Note F In memory of F. J. Brown, killed in action in France August 1916. Note D# In memopry of John C. Morrison, killed in action May 1915, aged 27

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