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Gillett & Johnston Selfridge’s Bow Bell

August 22, 2013 / Sophie / Bells, Clock Making, Clock Restoration, History, Uncategorized
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Gillett & Johnston Selfridge’s Bow Bell In 1909 Selfridge’s opened its doors for the first time and by the 1930’s Selfridges was the largest retail group in Europe.  To celebrate its 21st birthday a new clock was commissioned.  The Queen of Time was installed in 1931 along with 5 Gillett bells. What is not so […]

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Gillett & Johnston (Croydon) Ltd Our Freedom Bell

June 19, 2013 / Sophie / Bells, Clock Making, History, Uncategorized
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    Gillett & Johnston (Croydon) Ltd Our Freedom Bell The 24th October 2013 is United Nations Day and will see the 63rd anniversary of the Freedom Bell being installed in the Rathaus Tower, Schoneberg, Berlin as a gift from America to Berlin. The 10 ton Freedom Bell was cast by world renowned Clock & […]

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Gillett & Johnston (Croydon) Ltd Makers of Ellacombe Chime Apparatus

March 25, 2013 / Sophie / Bells, History, Uncategorized
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Gillett & Johnston (Croydon) Ltd Makers of Ellacombe Chime Apparatus We recently had an enquiry for information regarding an Ellacombe chime apparatus that Gillett & Johnston Made for a church in 1879.  These are very rare and so I had to know more and stumble upon a record in our 1906 catalogue; ‘To bring out […]

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Gillett & Johnston Munitions

March 15, 2013 / Sophie / History, Uncategorized
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Gillett & Johnston Munitions Factory in Croydon during WW1 Gillett & Johnston was during the 1st WW a munitions factory.  Ordered by the Director General of Munitions Supply to make Fuses, Fuse Caps, Safety pins and Fitted Holders. The factory became full of women workers for the first time a liberating experience for Women who […]

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Gillett & Johnston Manage British Summer Timechange for Clocks

October 4, 2012 / Sophie / Uncategorized
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Time to Put the Clocks back 1 hour     The nights are drawing in and at Gillett & Johnston ltd we are preparing for our yearly routine of managing the clocks going back 1hr on 28th Oct 2012.  At Gillett’s we all find the clocks going back  much more gloomy than in the Spring […]

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Gillett & Johnston Ltd support Coventry Cathedral Flower Show

September 26, 2012 / Sophie / Bells, Clock Restoration, Uncategorized
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In May 2012 Coventry Cathedral held a Flower Festival, entitled The Power and the Glory to celebrate the 50th Anniversaries of both the New Cathedral and NAFAS South Midland. The special 4 day event was to commemorate the artists and craftsmen and women who have contributed to the Cathedral which is among the finest in […]

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