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FINDING THE TIME
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• The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has recently been loaned a Leyland Advertising Clock. According to the Leyland Journal of 1931, six such clocks were built to stand in prominent places along some of the trunk roads of England. Standing some 4.6 metres (15ft) high, the clock carries the bold slogan "Leyland Motors for all time". So far, we have been able to trace these clocks as being placed on the Al at Alconbury and possibly another on the Al between Catterick and Boroughbridge. There was one on the A4 at Caine and another on the A30 at Hook. There was one on the road between Preston and Blackpool, and possibly the most famous one of all was situated at Shap.
I have heard rumours of other clocks, possibly one in the Coventry area and another one in Plymouth. Do any of your readers remember these clocks? I am particularly interested to trace the exact locations of each of them, when they were put up and when they were taken down, and where are they now. If any readers have got photographs of them in situ at the roadside, I would be delighted to hear from them.
Michael Ware, Curator, The National Motor Museunf at Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hants.