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Robert Burns clock, Annan

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August 16, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Above the entrance to the Cafe Royal on the Main Street in Annan is clock in memory of Robert Burns.

annan burns clock2 203x152 Robert Burns clock, Annan

The clock can be seen in the top left of the picture above the Cafe Royal

The clock features gold numerals with a green face.

Carved into the stonework below the clock is the following text.

In the year 1792 while staying in the house which occupied this site. Robert Burns wrote the poem The Deil’s Awa’ wi’ th’ Exciseman. 1759-1959

Robert Burns was a poet and lyricist. He is often known as the national poet of Scotland.

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Gosforth church clock

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May 24, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Installed just below the bell cote of St Mary’s Church in Gosforth is this clock.

Gosforth is situated just inland on the west coast of Cumbria south of Egremont.

Gosforth church clock

Hand wound by two people on a weekly rota the clock was officially started at 10.30 on the 6 October 1897.

An inscription near the the clock mechanism reads ‘ This clock is the gift of Ellen Jane Gordon of Ingleden Kent in memory of her brother Col. Winsor Parker’.

A card inside the clock door shows that the clock is maintained by Wm. Potts & Sons Ltd of Leeds.

Filed Under: Building clocks Tagged With: 6 October, Amp, Bell Cote, Brother, Church Clock, Clock Mechanism, cumbria, Jane Gordon, Leeds, Memory, Rota, West Coast, Winsor, Wm

Sundial – Hawkshead, Cumbria

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March 13, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Set at an angle to the building this sundial is above the door to the old Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria.

Hawkshead sundial

William Wordsworth was once a pupil in the school.

Construction of the building started in 1585 by a local man Edwin Sandys. In later life he became the Archbishop of York.

Sadly he died before completion of the school and the sundial is in memory to him.

It is not known why the sundial is not placed flat against the building, as seems normal.

Filed Under: Non mechanical clocks Tagged With: Archbishop Of York, cumbria, grammar school, Hawkshead, Memory, Old Grammar School, Pupil, Sandys, School Construction, William Wordsworth

Arthuret Parish Council clock, Longtown Cumbria

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January 31, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Arthuret Parish Council Clock, Longtown Cumbria

Unveiled on the 12 March 2000 this clock on the High Street in Longtown is in memory of Councillor Allan Forsyth.

A small plaque beneath the clock describes something of the history of why the clock is here.

longtown clock sign 203x152 Arthuret Parish Council clock, Longtown Cumbria

Plaque below clock in Longtown, Cumbria

The clock has two faces which look up and down High Street in Longtown.

When we visited, January 2010, two times were being shown depending on what face you looked at. This may indicate that the clock is worked from two separate mechanisms or may have some other faults.

Longtown is right at the edge of England and Scotland. It is around 6miles from Carlisle on the A7

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