Good Directions

Good Directions manufactured skeleton style clock to suit stonework Good Directions Ltd has restored a clock on the retained façade of an old grammar school building in Banbury to mark the site’s £9.7 million redevelopment of the Stanbridge Hall building into a housing scheme for the over-55s. The clock began ticking again during a special ceremony where representatives from the involved organisations met at the site, which in now complete and known as Stanbridge House. Starting the clock at a special ceremony Planners were keen to retain elements of the site’s former use, planning its interior design to reflect previous features, as well as the cleaning and restoring the original façade, including re-instating the clock . We were asked to manufacture a Skeleton style clock on a white backing to exactly fit the original decorative stonework on the building, with an extended shaft to house the mechanism the other side of the wall. The replacement clock is fitted with our cl...

 Camilla admires new pillar clock feature   Clock features have been used over the decades not just to note the passing of time but also to celebrate it. Commemorative clocks have often been erected as memorials to Kings and Queens, marking Coronations and Jubilee's. This year is no exception and to celebrate the Queen's historic Diamond Jubilee the village of Colnbrook commissioned Good Directions Ltd to manufacture a pillar clock to take pride of place in the heart of their conservation area.  Supporters waved Union Jack flags on Colnbrook High Street and the Minden Band of the Queen’s Division provided music, as they welcomed the Duchess of Cornwall, who unveiled the new Diamond Jubilee clock.  Camilla just about to unveil the new Jubilee clock    Colnbrook originally had a clock commemorating the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in August 1902. However in about 1931 the building it was mounted on was demolished and sin...