You may remember back in August we took ownership of an old sandstone clock from the David Livingstone Centre? Rescuing it from being demolished we took it upon ourselves promising to restore it on behalf of the people of Blantyre. The clock was donated to the centre back in 1941 by the trustees of Mrs […]
With the Herald Clock now signed over to us, today we started the actual work to save the historic artefact at David Livingstone Centre. The stone clock, weighing over a third of a tonne, a gift to the centre in 1941 was due to be demolished, but we stepped in during recent weeks with a […]
In 1941, a beautiful, large sandstone clock was donated by Mrs Janet Herald to the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre. Now 78 years later, the clock is abandoned inside Shuttle Row and has sadly fallen into considerable disrepair. Indeed, unfortunately, and, with lots of deliberation, the decision was taken by the David Livingstone Trust that the clock needs to […]