Time to comment: Terry’s clock tower
Alison Sinclair: why we should object to the plans to convert Terry’s clock tower to residential accommodation.
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Glassworks clock
Before leaving the subject of clocks, I wanted to include a photo sent to me by Ian Dixon.
It’s not the type I’ve included on earlier pages, which were all street clocks or factory clocks. This too is a factory clock, but it lived inside, and once controlled factory time at the glassworks in York.
Ian would be interested in hearing from anyone who remembers the clock in the factory.
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Terry’s from above, 1926 and 1932
I’ve mentioned www.britainfromabove.org.uk previously on these pages, but since then another batch of photos of the Terry’s factory has been added.
The photos included here link to the original images … More …
Memorable times, Terry’s and Rowntree’s
Two fabulous short films from the Yorkshire Film Archive, Terry’s and Rowntree’s, 1937 and 1946.
More …Changing times: factory clocks
The Rowntree factory clock on Wigginton Road, fitted with a solar panel since its earlier appearance on these pages. Attention was drawn to these clocks after they were manually adjusted to just after 8 o’clock to celebrate the history of a particular line of confectionery once manufactured here.
More …Tidy factory frontage: Rowntree’s
A little local detail, the tidied frontage of the Rowntree factory building on Haxby Road. Compare with earlier photos. The local press included letters from members of … More …
Conserving what we can: the remains of Rowntree’s
Following on from the page on the old factory clocks, and the YouTube slideshow of photos of Rowntree’s, it seems a good time to share a few photos taken earlier this year of the buildings remaining on Haxby Road. Particularly … More …