Morris Lubricants Clock Tower

Following on from yesterday's trials with ordering F's secondary double glazing online, we went to Shrewsbury to order directly from the workshop.  Naively, we thought that we could just pop in with the order, pay and go home.

No such luck, the order had to be done via the website  He conjured up the measurements that we had put on the site then kept trying to add F's details but the computer kept rejecting them. After an hour it was done (Phew). 

Before clicking "Pay", F noticed that the salesman hadn't removed the £40 delivery charge (as the parts will fit in the car). Unfortunately the computer would not allow the charge to be removed so F had to pay the full bill and the £40 will be refunded later (it couldn't be done then).  

It took over an hour to complete the transaction and we'd already put the measurements on! I don't know how a business can run with such a problematic website. We hope that the product will be better than the ordering process!

The blip is of the clock tower of the Morris Lubricants building - I've always admired it.  The tower was built in 1876 and was part of the wonderfully named Corbett's Perseverance Ironworks building before it  was taken over by the Morris company. The clock, made by Joyce of Whitchurch is wound every week.