Shropshire business keeping clockmaking craft ticking-along as trade in danger of being lost to time

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A husband and wife team are keeping a unique craft alive in Shropshire as their repair and restoration work keeps ticking away.

NORTH COPYRIGHT SHROPSHIRE STAR STEVE LEATH 09/02/2023..Feature in Market Drayton at W J Morris Clocks. Pics with Wayne and Mel Morris..

NORTH COPYRIGHT SHROPSHIRE STAR STEVE LEATH 09/02/2023..Feature in Market Drayton at W J Morris Clocks. Pics with Wayne and Mel Morris.. "My father wasn't interested in clocks in the slightest, so my grandfather introduced me to it. I still have the same interest in it now and I'm 55 years old. Some of WJ Morris's long case clocks date back to the early 18th century and a lot of work goes in to making sure that these pieces of history can operate once more.

The earliest known mechanical clocks were large striking clocks installed in towers in monasteries or public squares, so that their bells could be heard far away. "My passion is long case grandfather clocks," Wayne added,"The mechanicals of them and making parts to fit.

 

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