Scaffolding around the tower

11th October 2018 by admin

Some of you may have noticed the church tower is surrounded by scaffolding at the moment.

Those of you that are observant may also have noticed that the clock faces have disappeared, well the clock faces were in bad condition and have now been fully restored making it easier to read the time from the town centre.

Also behind the scenes (or inside the tower) some other changes have been made. Since the clock was built in 1827, every week someone has climbed the long ladder into the tower to wind the clock, however with changes in health and safety and advances in technology this is no longer going to happen as the clock is being fitted with an electronic winding mechanism.

St Mary’s would like to thank John Coles and most recently Mark Hollebone, for keeping things ticking for many years.