Royton Town Hall Clock
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Загружено: 2015-08-02
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A look at Royton Town Hall Clock, Greater Manchester, on Sunday 2nd August 2015.
The clock was built in 1881 by Gillett and Bland and contains a single bell to strike the hours.
The clock tower is inscribed on three sides with Latin mottos: "Tempus Fugit" (time flies), "Sic Labitur Aetas" (so the years pass by) and "Finem Respice" (have regards to the end). The clock face on the east side, facing Shaw and Crompton is half the size of the other three. A local tale is that when the Church of Holy Trinity at Shaw was constructed in 1869, it had no clock on the western facade of its clock tower, which faced Royton. The reduced clock face size at Royton Town Hall is said to have been a retaliation
Click on the following link for more information and pictures:
http://www.roytonrose.co.uk/page10.html
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