Bell tolls for church clock winder as he is replaced by technology after 25 years
The clock-winding duty at St John's Church in Boughton has lasted for 100 years
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The clock-winding duty at St John's Church in Boughton has lasted for 100 years
Walt Thompson, 77, has climbed up the steps of the tower of St John's Church, Boughton in Northamptonshire, every week for over two decades to ensure the clock keeps good time.
Walt Thompson has wound a church clock for 25 years, but technology is making him redundant.
A man who has wound a church clock by hand every week for the past 25 years is being replaced by technology.
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