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Elevated view of Orchard Square looking towards the Food Court and Church Street showing the clock and the housing for the Grinder and Buffer Automaton

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Elevated view of Orchard Square looking towards the Food Court and Church Street showing the clock and the housing for the Grinder and Buffer Automaton
Sheffield_City_Centre
1990/06
1980-1999
S.L.A.I
SCC

The Clock strikes every quarter of an hour and the Automaton, figures of a Buffer Girl and Grinder representing the edge tool and cutlery industry appear and perform their respective jobs. See The Clockwatchers Guide to Sheffield, The Sheffield Book of Hours, Stephen Johnson. Ref:681.113 SQ.

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