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Thursday, 2 March, 2017
1889: The Broadway clock –
Jubilee memorial inaugurated
7 March 1889
AFTER months of weary waiting
the Jubilee clock has been
suitably inaugurated and the
town now possesses a public
memorial of Her Majesty’s
Jubilee.
The scheme was launched
several years ago, a committee
being appointed to collect the
necessary funds.
Various causes have contributed
to delay the completion of the
work, and therefore the opening
of a jubilee memorial may seem a
little behind-hand, but all the
difficulties having been
surmounted the clock now
appears as a handsome and
appropriate memorial of this
historic event.
The clock tower stands upon the
site of the Obelisk, which for so
many years occupied the centre
of the Broadway, and
consequently is favourably
situated.
Contemporaneous with the
opening of the clock, was the
mounting of the Russian gun,
which after years of neglect, has
been placed in a position of
honour and dignity.
The opening ceremony took
place on Monday afternoon, but
a more unfortunate day could not
have been selected, as snow fell
thickly throughout the
proceedings and consequently
considerably interfered with the
enthusiasm of the spectators.
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