A regulator clock by Edward Funnell
Posted in News on Jul 29th, 2009 3 Comments »
John Sherlock very kindly sent in this photo of his regulator clock made by Edward Funnell of Brighton. Click below to see an enlarged photo.
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Fletching local history report
Posted in News on Jul 4th, 2009 4 Comments »
Thanks to Geoff Isted and his modern marketing techniques, I was amongst the first visitors to the exhibition at Fletching Village Hall last Friday, 26th June 2009. There was so much information that it took me several days to digest and place in three hundred years of the sociological/political picture I had of my ancestors.
Another Edward Funnell clock
Posted in News on May 31st, 2009 4 Comments »
An eight-day weight driven clock with pendulum made by Edward Funnell, Brighton, and held by The British Museum. The technical description is as follews : Eight-day spring driven mantel regulator with remontoire/detent escapement and compensation pendulum…
One of Edward Funnell’s clocks…
Posted in News on Apr 9th, 2009 2 Comments »
The clock is quite massive, standing 22 inches (56 cms) high, completely original, a three train fusee gong clock with a pull-repeat chime and strike. Pulling the repeat cord strikes the quarter, half, quarter or full hour last struck. In those times when there was no electric or even gas lighting, this would be very handy in the dark…
New: an index to Funnell wills
Posted in News on Sep 20th, 2008 No Comments »
You can find it here and you can search it using CTRL+f or the dedicated site search tool. It contains a 150 years of UK state registered Funnell wills and administrations from 1858 onwards.
New: the Funnell WWW directory
Posted in News on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve added a new page of present day Funnell websites. It’s classed by forename initials. You can see it here. Just click on the letter and the list of sites will unroll.
If you are a Funnell, or have a Funnell related website, and would like to add it to the directory, just use the comments form or send me line via the Contact page. There is no charge, no ads, no hassle. A return link is appreciated but not required.
Just for the record!
Posted in News on Jan 20th, 2007 2 Comments »
Well, I’ve done it! At last the long announced overhaul is finished. All I have to do now is some fine-tuning and a lot of writing. For the record, most of the work was done over the weekend (20/21 january) and the finishing touches were administered in the night of Monday 22nd. Hope you like [...]
