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Believed to be the only giant cuckoo clock in the UK, and the first in the world to run using water, the mechanism sends a three foot cuckoo out into the Pembridge sky to the sound of bird calls on the hour, every hour – well, almost.
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“It’s gaining a few minutes every day at the moment,” explained Richard. “But no-one’s setting their watches by it.” The warmer weather apparently causes the water to flow differently through the system’s myriad pipes and tanks.
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