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AltRefNo	788/129
Title	Bundle of papers relating to the bridge and clock connecting Tudor Shop and East India House including a tape-recording of a talk by F.R. Robinson about the renovation of the clock, cuttings, correspondence, photographs and drawings by Hanslip Fletcher and E.P. Roberts.
Description	This is currently on temporary loan and unavailable to view. 2 reel tape recordings of same text. Large good sound quality. Speed 7. in/sec Small varying quality. speed 1.7/8 in/sec Duration. Approx. 3 minutes. Description of St. George and the Dragon above clock on bridge. Originally erected in 1925 and renovated by firm of Croydon clockmakers. Believed to have been copied from clock in Wells Cathedral. Clock newly painted. Gilded dial to represent the sun. Day and night on either side and cherub heads to represent winds. Mechanism of clock renewed including the circular railway contraption to bring out St. George and the Dragon on the hour. Thrusts of spear timed to striking of the hour. Run from master clock inside Liberty's. 1971
Date	1925-1971
Access Status	Open

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