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Parish Church of St James St. James's Road, Hampton Hill, TW12 1DQ (Parish Office 020 8941 6003) |
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1970 - 1979: Our Clock - 1970 October
Research made by the Vicar disclosed that Local Authorities are empowered to make grants towards the maintenance costs of public clocks - because they do a public service (hundreds of people every week must look up to check the time by our clock as they pass). So an approach was made to the Borough Council, as a result of which a grant of £57 l0s. is to be made - a fact which has been noted in the local Press. The second outbreak was found to have affected the belfry floor, and the renewal and treatment of the timber work had to be done by contractors at a further cost of £90. The pulley anchorages were then renewed this time in steel, and the weights re-hung, by members of the Properties Committee: thus it was that on the evening of October 3 the clock was re-started, and the familiar chimes were heard again. It is hoped that the Borough Council will again help with this second set of costs; meantime it is perhaps worth mentioning, in view of a popular misconception, that, apart from certain rates concessions, churches do not receive any financial support from local authorities, and that the recent grant is the only direct payment from the Borough ever received by St. James’s. Source: The Spire Magazine - 1970 October |
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