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Stratford-revered glockenspiel stops working

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Stratford-revered glockenspiel stops working

The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend.

Stratford District deputy mayor Min McKay said it was a large tourist attraction.

She did not know the reason why it had stopped but hoped an engineer would check it on Tuesday.

Edit: If you're reading from All, this is Stratford in New Zealand, it's named after Stratford upon Avon but it's not the same place 🙂

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  • I'm not sure why but I found this article hilarious, or at least its existance. Council's thing breaks. They will get someone to look at it ASAP. Thank you for reading.

    I remember this opening, which I don't normally remember much but apparently I remember a clocktower in small town Taranaki opening. That it was almost 30 years ago is also a little scary.

  • Noooo I hope they can fix it!

    I love glockenspiels and wanted to see it one day! (What can I say, in order to be realistic my travel aspirations have become very small).

    • I'm sure it will be fine. But it is nearly 30 years old so maybe don't bet on it being around for too long.

      I tried to find info about others, but a glockenspiel is a musical instrument and I think the clock things are named after the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, so I'm not sure how to search for others and work out an average life span 😆

      • Search engines have really gone to hell. It's one of those words with two meanings.

        Here's the one I most want to see, in Hamlyn

        Here's the Graz one

        Here's a random one in Texas

        I don't think it would help us estimate, though, because it depends on quality of manufacture and some of them were made like a century ago. I'll just have to hope for the best!

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