One handed ..........

 ........... clock.    Had to do some secret squirrel paperwork stuff today - and have been meaning to photograph this church clock for the longest time. (time/clock geddit??)  :o))

Now a song connection - from my teenage years and still love .... Time of the Season.

Smile for the Day:

So what if I don't know what "Armageddon" means? 
It's not the end of the world.


:o))




~ Anni ~




Info:


The first thing that strikes people is the large one handed clock. Yes, it was made like that and is probably the largest of its type still in use in the world.
The Church shows traces of 13th, 14th and 15th Century architecture, though the chancel has twice been rebuilt, firstly in 1741 and then by T C Hine in 1870. The material used is hewn blocks of Ancaster limestone supplemented by greenstone rubble and the roofing is slate.
The Church is the custodian of a Dutch flag used to cover the bodies of one British and two allied aircrew shot by the Germans having been found in a “Safe House”. The lady, Coba Pulskens, was arrested and sent to a concentration camp and 7 months later died in the gas chambers.
Outside on the south side there is a Stick dial, it is used as a sun dial but a stick has to be put in a hole for the shadow to be cast.
On the roof of the south porch is a stone carving of a small monkey. At Culverthorpe Hall, 4 miles south of Sleaford, on 16 October 1732 a son had been born to Margaret, Countess of Coningsby (sic) and her husband Sir Michael Newton K.B.; the child’s title was Viscount Coningsby. At three months old the child was stolen out of his cradle by a pet monkey. On being pursued by the nurse the monkey climbed to the top of the house and then either accidentally or deliberately dropped the baby to the ground There is a monument to this event at Heydour, 5 miles south east of Sleaford and possibly the stone monkey was carved at the same time for installation at this Church.