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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">List members may be interested to
know of a recent article that sheds light on a little-known facet of the
history of G&J - the manufacture of domestic clocks. In 1923 Cyril Johnston
joined forces with F.W. Elliott of Clerkenwell and Elliotts continued with the
production of domestic clocks while G&J continued to make church
clocks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">An account of Elliotts (of which Cyril
Johnston was chairman from 1944 until his death in 1950) has just been
published:</FONT></DIV>
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lang=EN-GB>“F.W. Elliott Ltd: A Dynasty of English Clockmakers” in an article
“Clock Making in Twentieth-Century England and Wales, Part 2” by John Glanville
and Bill Wolmuth in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Antiquarian
Horology</I> Vol.32 no.3 (September 2010) pp.343-353</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">I've been intrigued by the Elliott
connection for some time but unable to find out much about it. Here, at last,
are the answers!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Chris Pickford<BR>4 Walmsley Court, High
Street, Kinver, DY7 6HG<BR>Tel: 01384 878435 or (mobile) 07811 453525<BR>E-mail:
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