{"id":1231,"date":"2011-05-09T11:39:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T10:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.civic-time.com\/contents1a\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2011-05-16T14:54:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:54:42","slug":"ormskirk-market-hall-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.civic-time.com\/contents1a\/2011\/05\/ormskirk-market-hall-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Ormskirk market hall clock"},"content":{"rendered":"

This very large clock is mounted on to the front of the market hall in Ormskirk, Lancashire.<\/p>\n

\"Ormskirk<\/a>

Ormskirk Market Hall, Lancashire<\/p><\/div>\n

A stallholder tells of a story where a bird, like a cuckoo, used to pop out from above the clock to tell of the new hour.<\/p>\n

Sadly this clock has not worked for many years.<\/p>\n

Update – 11 May 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Clive has been in touch, he said: –\u00a0The clock used to work and I was asked by the proprietors to make the Cuckoo bit (including the doors) work. This was probably in the 80’s. The mechanics were OK and it was a matter of making microswitches and relays to control the mechanism. It was very successful for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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