…the Town Hall clock is chiming again. It was raised at the Summit last night by former Councillor Albert Slingsby who was of the view that Potts the Clockmakers should have a full set of spare parts up in the tower so they could fix it more quickly next time.
Albert, you are seriously clueless, these bits are NOT off the shelf, and they wouldn’t have been in 1895 either!
Regrettably, the mechanics are a curate’s egg whilst they are inaccessible due to elfen’ safety and may as well be replaced with an electric radio controlled mechanism. That way it would always be accurate, they could turn off the bells at night and mute them during Brass Band recordings as well- all without having to risk going up into the tower.
Go for it Leeds, but please exhibit the clock as a dynamic sculpture somewhere in the Town, it would be a much more interesting piece of art than dead animals and manky beds.
