tarboat's photos with the keyword: clock

You can't beat a good public clock. The clock tower outside Altrincham Station dates from 1880 and is listed Grade II. The station was opened on 3 April 1881 as Altrincham & Bowdon by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway.

The original Victorian building at Bolton Trinity Street Station was demolished in 1987 when a new entrance and ticket office was constructed at street level, adjacent to a bus interchange and taxi rank. This is the station clock tower, originally built in 1899, which was dismantled and rebuilt alongside the new entrance.

This art-deco clock is to be seen on the face of the Memorial Hall in Wirksworth. The hall was opened in April 1935 as the Cavendish Cafe and Dance Hall alongside a the new cinema. I am unable to say whether the clock is contemporary with the opening of the building, but it certainly looks the part.

This grade II listed building was designed by the Borough Surveyor, Lionel St. George Wilkinson and constructed between 1930 and 1933. It was a ferry and omnibus (horse-drawn bus) terminus. It is also important as the first commercial shore-based Radar station in the world for the navigation of ships. The radar station was installed in 1947.

A rather decrepit looking clock on the front of the long-closed Marks and Spencer shop in Kirkcaldy. There are a number of examples of these clocks to be found across the UK.

When jewellers Prestons Ltd had new premises built in 1913 at 2 Deansgate, Bolton, the frontage was in a buff glazed terracotta and incorporated a clock tower topped with a time ball. Restored in 2008, it was one of only two still operating in England, the other one is at Greenwich. In 2011 when I took this photo, each day the ball was raised at 12.55pm and fell at precisely 1.00pm on receipt of an electronic signal from Greenwich. Prestons closed the shop in 2016 and I am unsure whether the time ball still operates.

Principality Buildings, Queen Street, Cardiff. Founded in 1860 in Cardiff by William Sanders as a mutual building society, the Principality Building Society is the largest building society in Wales and the sixth largest in the United Kingdom. In 1914 the Principality Buildings were built to house the society headquarters and this building remained in that role until 1992 when Principality House next door in The Friary was opened. The building still houses a branch of the Building Society whilst the rest is used for a variety of commercial activities including a restaurant and a Travelodge

Solomon Andrews (5 April 1835 - 9 November 1908) was an entrepreneur and head of the Solomon Andrews and Son bus and tram-operating company, based in Cardiff. In addition to his transport interests he also developed a number of properties in Cardiff. In 1884 he constructed the Market Buildings in St Mary Street, Cardiff at a cost of some £12,000. Sadly this building was destroyed by fire in June 1885, and it had been replaced with this structure by September 1886, the new building being constructed with eight-inch-thick concrete flooring to prevent further fires. It was also decorated and inscribed to ensure that the developer would be remembered.

This clock in the entrance to Cardiff Market has seen better times. It must have looked good when the neon lighting was working.

Polychromatic brickwork with stone detailing on the market hall in Crewe.

Products and equipment illustrated on the frontage of the offices at Florange steelworks.

When jewellers Prestons Ltd had new premises built in 1913 at 2 Deansgate, Bolton, the frontage was in a buff glazed terracotta and incorporated a clock tower topped with a time ball. Restored a few years ago, it is one of only two still operating in England, the other one is at Greenwich. Each day the ball is raised at 12.55pm and falls at precisely 1.00pm on receipt of an electronic signal from Greenwich. The whole block is nos 2-10 Deansgate and the left side was once occupied by the department store of R Whitehead Son Ltd. Preston's of Bolton still trade from No.2.

Coal advertising on the two faces of a clock on the big warehouse at Sheffield canal basin. The Tinsley Park Colliery Company Ltd. had its registered office at 14, Wharf Street, Sheffield, just the other side of this building.

North face of the clock tower at Christ Church. All four faces are driven via the gearbox at top left.

Having been stopped for some time the Christ Church clock is now back in action following attention from a well known Whitchurch based clock manufacturer and repairer.

Eagle142 tells me that this building on the corner of Buxton Road and Brook Street was the showroom premises of the car dealers 'Locomotors'. He further tells me that the business was part of the Hovis empire, having been established by a Mr Morton (of Morton Hall fame) to enable him to obtain new cars at trade price. By the 1960s it was selling high class secondhand cars. It was later the Rent Equip base until they sold out, and since then Speedyhire and part for a motorcycle business. It now stands empty and for sale/to let. The clock is a fine detail and very much of the period.