Rowland Emett's "Heath Robinson Clock" - Merrion Centre
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Caron wrote: |
Well I hope the Flying Machine is being cared for somewhere safe. I loved it. Brilliant! Thanks for the pic, Phill. |
Phil, wasn't it you who found/saw/heard they were stored in the bowels of the Merrion Centre some time ago?
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Phil, wasn't it you who found/saw/heard they were stored in the bowels of the Merrion Centre some time ago? |
Not me I'm afraid, my only dealings with Town Centre Securities who own the Merrion are very negative indeed. They are very anti documentation and do a great job of hiding our cities past and history.
I don't have a good word to say about them.
I'm sure I've ranted about them on here before!!

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I've just been looking at the Town Centres Securities website and I notice that its company address is 'Town Centre Securities PLC. Town Centre House. The Merrion Centre. Leeds. LS2 8LY'. I knew it is Leeds based but I hadn't realised that the Merrion Centre is in LS2 and not LS1 that I would have guessed!
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Phill_dvsn wrote: |
Here is a video of some of Rowland Emmets inventions in motion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apCGmsbFdQQ Personally I think the guy is amazingly talented, it's true eccentrics like him that make the world a far more interesting place!! |
I agree. The sort of guy you'd have loved as an uncle. Thanks for the links (can't stop watching them!).
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Phill_dvsn wrote: | ||||
Not me I'm afraid, my only dealings with Town Centre Securities who own the Merrion are very negative indeed. They are very anti documentation and do a great job of hiding our cities past and history. I don't have a good word to say about them. I'm sure I've ranted about them on here before!! ![]() |
Yes, I remember your issues with them on matters past - wonder where I saw this info....

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Hi again,
I did have a post on here re Emmetts contraptions. I live in Nottingham now and we have one in the Victoria Shopping Centre.
It is called the Water Clock or Emmetts name The Aqua Tintinnabulator - laugh. Well its been unable to work for
quite a few years now. I heard today that a man has mended
it and it took 3 years to get all the working parts working again.
I have seen on YouTube this clock but they didnt get the sound
or it working so will go down to the Vic Centre soon and do a
video which I will put on YouTube. It is so fantastic when it
works and was chuffed to find it from 1973 in Nottingham
when I had left the Flying Machine in Leeds.
Great guy and all of his ideas.
Not good at putting webpages on but if you do a search for
The Water Clock, Victoria Centre Nottingham you should find
it on YouTube.
I did have a post on here re Emmetts contraptions. I live in Nottingham now and we have one in the Victoria Shopping Centre.
It is called the Water Clock or Emmetts name The Aqua Tintinnabulator - laugh. Well its been unable to work for
quite a few years now. I heard today that a man has mended
it and it took 3 years to get all the working parts working again.
I have seen on YouTube this clock but they didnt get the sound
or it working so will go down to the Vic Centre soon and do a
video which I will put on YouTube. It is so fantastic when it
works and was chuffed to find it from 1973 in Nottingham
when I had left the Flying Machine in Leeds.
Great guy and all of his ideas.
Not good at putting webpages on but if you do a search for
The Water Clock, Victoria Centre Nottingham you should find
it on YouTube.
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ArmleyLass47 wrote: |
Hi again, I did have a post on here re Emmetts contraptions. I live in Nottingham now and we have one in the Victoria Shopping Centre. It is called the Water Clock or Emmetts name The Aqua Tintinnabulator - laugh. Well its been unable to work for quite a few years now. I heard today that a man has mended it and it took 3 years to get all the working parts working again. I have seen on YouTube this clock but they didnt get the sound or it working so will go down to the Vic Centre soon and do a video which I will put on YouTube. It is so fantastic when it works and was chuffed to find it from 1973 in Nottingham when I had left the Flying Machine in Leeds. Great guy and all of his ideas. Not good at putting webpages on but if you do a search for The Water Clock, Victoria Centre Nottingham you should find it on YouTube. |
Cheers.....will look for this one.Should never have took our contraption away.Bet it would still be a big crowd puller,even today.
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Rowland with the Featherstone Kite, two of which exist:
http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/EMETTS/playlist/1
http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/EMETTS/playlist/1
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