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180-year-old business that’s still ticking over in Croydon today
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The clock-making and bell foundry business established off Whitehorse Road in the mid-19th Century by William Gillett still chimes with the present day, as DAVID MORGAN explains The Croydon Times on May 8, 1886, carried a short obituary … Continue reading
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Tagged Clockmakers, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Gillett and Co, Gillett and Johnston, Gillett and Johnston (Croydon) Ltd, Gillett Bland and Co, Sir Frederick Eldridge, Thornton Heath, West Croydon, Whitehorse Road, William Gillett
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Original clockmakers are hired for Thornton Heath restoration
Six months after an attack by vandals set fire to Thornton Heath’s landmark clocktower, the council has begun work to restore it to its former glory – remarkably, using the same firm which had made the original clock more than … Continue reading
