OLDEST CLOCK
BOULDERS AS WEIGHTS. A curious mechanical contrivance, helieved to be the oldest church clock in exiistence, lies forgotten in the belfry of the church at Porloclc, Somersetshire. For centuries it told the time to th'e inhabitants of the district by striking the hours. The works are in a sort of cage made of wood. Boulders from the seashore provide the weights which make them go. The clock was replaced in the church tower 40 years ago, and i^ha^lain
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 399, 7 December 1932, Page 6
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80OLDEST CLOCK Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 399, 7 December 1932, Page 6
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