Southern Railway 12 inch dial oak cased fusee clock ex New Cross.

12 inch Oak cased iron dial fusee railway clock with a spun brass bezel supplied to the Southern Railway in 1941 by Stockall, Marples & Co at a cost of £5-4-0d. The quality English chain driven fusee movement in fully overhauled condition has rectangular plates, which are held together by screwed cylindrical pillars. A Oak case with a four piece turned surround screwed onto the back box which is typical for wartime clocks, the back box is of typical 20^th century design with one side door and a bottom door secured by a brass turn, the back of the box is stamped 10511 as is the side of the case. An enamel painted iron dial with Roman numerals and bearing the legend, John Walker, 1 South Molton St London B.R.(S) 10511. The Southern Railway clock records show that this clock was located at,  New Cross Station Ticket Collectors office. New Cross was a former SECR station between London Bridge and St John’s.