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If only I had the money - Ebay item

Another great Brentford ebay item for sale.A 1790's Edmonds long case clock. Edmonds were an old estblished Brentford clock making company.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LONDON-5-PILLER-LONG-CASE-C1780_W0QQitemZ200159433023QQihZ010QQcategoryZ60249QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Neil Chippendale ● 6447d5 Comments

Another famous family of clockmakers of Brentford was Honeybone.On the 'Brentford High Street Project' website they have a record of them:http://www.bhsproject.co.uk/section19.shtml"Number 231 High Street, BrentfordThomas Honeybone, watch & clock maker & jeweler lived here from 1839 – 1871, when he was 68; in 1874 the business was ‘Honeybone & Pearce’; and by 1881 Thomas Pearce was running the business; he remained here until 1891; by 1901 Arthur H Bridger, jeweller, was living here, although the 1913 directory names the business as Pearce & Co Ltd, watchmakers and the 1909/10 Valuation returns name the occupiers as ‘Pearce & Co (watchmakers)’. At this point the property is described as ‘terrace shop & dwelling house, very old and more or less dilapidated’. Frederick Souch, watchmaker, is listed in 1928; by 1933, after nearly 100 years of use for watchmaking, the premises were used by a clothier."Here is a description of Thomas's clockmaking family: http://www.honeybonefhp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Clockmakers.htmlOne of his mahogany table clocks is selling for £7-10,000:http://www.fr.cinoa.org/index.pl?id=17626;isa=Metadot::SystemApp::AntiqueSearch;op=detail

Duncan Walker ● 6446d

John Jullion of Brentford, clockmakerb. 1701 in England d. 1774 Married c.1733 Buried at Ealing in Middlesex. Neil, there is a John Jullion clock in Australia at Cronulla Beach, just south of Sydney. I can't see from the photograph, but it is probably the same style as his on our Magistrates Court in the Brentford Market Place."Cronulla's clock towerThe clock tower in Cronulla Plaza was a Bicentennial gift to the people of Sutherland Shire from Caltex Refinery Co. Pty Ltd. The tower houses the oldest public clock in Australia, built by John Jullion of England in 1770 - the year Captain Cook landed at Kurnell. The clock's original home was Stanwell Place, near Heathrow, England.It is a turret clock with large time and starter weight mechanisms. The weights require re-winding weekly, which is achieved automatically by electric power. The clock was fully restored and installed in the tower by Mr Douglas Minty, who has been contracted to maintain it by Sutherland Shire Council. The Lions Club of Australia contributes to the cost of the maintenance.Initially, it was planned for the clock tower to be built at Kurnell, but after considerable discussions with Sutherland Shire Council, it was agreed that the Clock Tower would be the main feature at the northern end of the Cronulla Bicentennial Plaza."A photo of one of is clocks and information on his family tree is on:http://www.zip.com.au/~lnbdds/home/jullion4.htm

Duncan Walker ● 6446d

Cheers Phil.DuncanI presume its the same company. They are still listed as trading at Brentford in the 1853 Mason Directory of Brentford.

Neil Chippendale ● 6446d

No point in asking me Neil.  Good luck with that lottery ticket...

Phil Andrews ● 6447d