Roland Hogan working on clocks, Nottinghamshire

Feb. 24, 1952 - The vanishing St. Pancras Clock 52 year old Roland Hogan, who is a rail guard, has found the clock which will make him undisputed king of clock collectors. For he is taking, bit by bit to his farm near Nottingham, and re-assembling St. Pancras station clock. The huge clock, the face alone weighs 4 tons, will be re-assembled in all its pre-war glory. The hands re-painted gold on the side of Rolands barn. Each day another piece of the century old clock disappears onto the lunchtime train to Nottingham from St. Pancras to reappear at the farm the hands, one lift and one 18ft. are already fitted to the barn the 1 cwt of mechanism is stored inside and the face, all 4 tons of it is a giant jig-saw puzzle of slots rubble all to be fitted together within the next six months. While his wife and daughter feed the goats, Roland is working on the mechanism of St. Pancras Clock, the hands of which are already fitten onto his barn. (Credit Image: (c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)

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