Memorial

Hetton-Le-Hole - WW1, Clock

Clock - Original Location

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Current Location

The clock is now on display inside the Centre along with an information plaque., Hetton Centre, Welfare Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, DH5 9NE, England

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NZ 35086 47558

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Clock or clock tower
WMR Reference Number: 71111
Description: Clock of two faces suspended on a wrought iron bracket, originally displayed beneath a balcony. The numbers are in Roman numerals on a green metal face. Beneath it was a wooden board (now a tablet) giving the details, the letters painted onto wood.
Inscription: Board (now tablet) below the clock - Township of/ Hetton le Hole/ Great War 1914-1918/ This clock is erected/ to the memory of the fallen/ sailors and soldiers/ in the above war/ August 1922 The modern information plaque: Hetton Town Memorial Clock./ The Hetton Town Clock was erected on the former/ Hetton Urban District Council Offices in Front Street,/ to commemorate those who gave their lives in The/ Great War 1914-1918, and is classed as an Official War/ Memorial./ The Clock was manufactured in 1922 by J.F. Newey of/ York for J.F. Marshall the Jeweller of Hetton/ Downs and has been maintained & restored by Potts/ of Derby (Clockmakers established 1833)./ In order to preserve and acknowledge the heritage of/ the community, Hetton Town Council funded the/ complete restoration of the clock workings, provision/ of a new face drum and relocation to the Hetton Centre/ in June 2004. The clock is now electrically powered, but/ until moved, was still wound by hand twice a week./ A replica clock also electrically powered, has been/ installed on the original site in Front Street.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): JF Newey of York, Makers
Maintenance History: Restored 2004

Ceremonies

Presented: Aug 1922

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Hetton-Le-Hole - WW1, Clock

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Hetton-Le-Hole - WW1, Clock

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