On strike

This is the clock on the tower of my local church, St Stephen's in Canterbury. Latterly it's ceased to sound the hours so we need to raise money for repairs. I'm quoting from the Parish newsletter:
"The clock was the gift of Sir John Hales in 1730. It was originally a 30hr mechanism that required to be wound by hand daily. The steel framework is of "Bird Cage" design and unusual for the period, as British steel was not of good quality at this time. It is likely the steel was imported from Sweden in strips and then worked on by the clock maker.  In 2004 the winding was automated to provide two electric motors with epicyclical gearing to keep the clock running. The last person to wind the clock by hand was Brian Kennett on Thursday 23rd September 2004."
I dropped our mite in the church hall post box on my walk this morning on the way to drop off more money at the new Book group organiser's house as my share of the retiree's present.