An A to Z of Joyce clocks 1862-1965

Hope Bowdler, Shropshire 1964
The First and the Last ....
It is not known whether
there was an earlier clock in
this old church tower, but
the clock illustrated dates
back to 1964 when it was
gifted to the church by Mary
Ellen and Fanny Jones as a
memorial to their family.
This clock was the first to be
made by Joyce’s which was
intended to be auto-wound
from the outset at the
request of the two ladies. It
has a pinwheel escapement
and an auto-wind system
based on the one designed
by Paul Fraser and trialled on
the factory clock in
Whitchurch.
This clock was the last clock
to be made by Joyce’s at the
Whitchurch factory. The
following year the business
was bought by Smith of
Derby and from then on the
role of the Whitchurch work
-force was to repair and
service the clocks in their
area and to work on heritage
clocks.