NEWS
SEnine
SEnine Annual Concert
The 
Third Annual It was a great night, one not to be missed
SEnine Concert next year. See you there. .
played to a packed house on
November 31st 2009. Led
by the Greenwich Concert
Band and supported by
the Greenwich Community
Choir the audience were
treated to a delightful
evening of music and song
with highlights being the
Tocatta in D minor by the
Large Crowd at Holy Trinity Church
band and Phantom of the
Amy Llloyd seems pleased with the result
Opera medley by the Choir.
Mark Wall of the SEnine Magazine
entertained the audience by conducting
his version of 'Tequila' the 1958 rock
instrumental. Many thought it looked
more like a version of the Pee-wee
dance rather than a serious attempt at
conducting the piece.
Mark in a Mexican Hat
Photos Roger M Stevens ARPS
The Master - Chris Lloyd
SST JOHN’T JOHN’S CLCLOOCKCK
Eltham’s 
town clock, company which originally fitted the
which has told clock and bells in 1924.
the time for 75 years, has been repaired
after a two week breakdown. The clock is a ‘flat-bed three-legged
gravity escapement’, the same as Big
All three faces of the clock, on the tower Ben, a mechanism which is famed for its
of St John’s Church at Eltham crossroads, accuracy.
stood motionless after an electrical fault.
But, according to Roy Sargent, horologist
SEnine was invited to inspect the repairs for Gillett and Johnston and keeper of
by Gillett and Johnston, the Croydon the Eltham clock for the last five years,
SEniners shouldn’t set their
clocks by its chimes.
One of the bells
Eltham clock but unless an expert is on
The accuracy of pendulum
hand to change them regularly, the time
clocks is dependent on weekly
can go well off target after a few months”,
adjustments to the weights
said Roy.
on the pendulum. In the case
of the Big Ben clock, these
Roy usually visits the clock at least twice
weights are old pennies, which
a year at the start and end of British
are added and subtracted
Summer Time and care is taken to
in keeping with climatic
ensure it is correct for Remembrance
variations.
Sunday; the bill is paid for by Greenwich
Council in recognition of its status as
“There are a variety of weights
‘town clock’ and not only for the benefit
The clock movement
which have been made for the
of parishioners.
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