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In the October 2004 edition of PARISH FACES there is a mention that Forcett clock is about to be restored.
As the magazines were distributed to Forcett Graham Frost, the professional abseiler used by Cumbrian Clock Company, could be seen dangling just below the clock face with Dave McVicar, of Cumbrian Clock Company on the top of the tower.
A subsequent brief interview with them revealed that they were inspecting the clock face to see what it was made of and if it could be removed for restoration, as at Melsonby.
Dave, it turned out, had just lost a bet of a pint of beer as the face had turned out to be made of two beautifully dressed slabs of sandstone actually built into the side of the tower. (As that must have been done well after the tower was built [most such clocks are about 150 - 200 years old], one wonders just how it was done)
Dave said he had never seen one like this before. When clocks have stone faces the dial and numerals are usually simply attached to the normal stonework.
They will not be taking the face away for repainting and regilding!
They probable solution will be to make a new face in copper sheet and fasten that over the existing face.
Dave also mentioned that the original clock mechanism had been replaced with an electric one in, he estimated, the 1960s or 70s. He would be very interested to find out what happened to the old clockwork mechanism. Can anyone help?

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