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Filter: Blackboy Clock

Events linked to the history of the clock or the building it currently sits on.

1774Blackboy Clock is assembled and displayed on a shopfront on Kendrick Street

c. 1800Blackboy Clock is relocated to a pub on Nelson Street

Jan 1844Blackboy Clock is sold by Henry Thornton

Feb 1844Blackboy Clock is relocated to a school on Castle Street

c. 1940Blackboy Clock mechanism breaks

28 Apr 1961Blackboy Clock is recommended for restoration by horologist

1964 – 1969Castle Street National School closes and reopens as the Stroud Teachers’ Centre

Sept 1971Blackboy Clock restoration costs are investigated

24 June 1974Stroud Teachers’ Centre is listed by Historic England

15 Aug 1974Blackboy Clock is removed for restoration

22 Sept 1977Blackboy Clock is reinstalled after restoration

1978Blackboy Clock restoration plaque is installed

9 Aug 1995Blackboy Clock breaks again

2 Oct 1999Stroud Teachers’ Centre is converted to a block of flats, named Blackboy House

2001Blackboy Clock figure is again removed for restoration

1 Apr 2002Stroud Town Council gives grant to support Blackboy Clock restoration

25 Feb 2004Blackboy Clock is reinstalled after second restoration

1 Mar 2004Stroud Town Council releases extra funding for Blackboy Clock restoration and new plaque

14 June 2020Dan Guthrie writes to Stroud District Council and Siobhan Baillie MP

23 June 2020‘We’re listening to BAME residents to tackle racism’

26 Feb 2021‘Community Representatives needed for Review Panel’

8 July 2021Stroud District Council launches consultation on street or building names and monuments

8 July 2021Dan Guthrie posts Instagram callout for responses to public consultation

July 2021Local news covers Blackboy Clock consultation

29 July 2021Siobhan Baillie MP makes her first statement on Blackboy Clock

1 Aug 2021Dan Guthrie posts about Siobhan Baillie MP’s statement

9 Aug 2021Siobhan Baillie MP replies to Dan Guthrie’s letter

15 Aug 2021‘Is time up for the “Blackboy clock”? Racism row divides Cotswolds town’

15 Aug 2021Dan Guthrie posts on Instagram about Observer article

Aug 2021Blackboy Clock consultation gets national coverage

1 Sept 2021Stroud District Council consultation closes for submissions

21 Sept 2021Public consultation receives 1,600 replies

26 Sept 2021Dan Guthrie posts on Instagram about survey responses

10 Oct 2021Policy Exchange releases 10th edition of History Matters Compendium

8 Apr 2022Historic England advises Stroud District Council on the removal of the Blackboy Clock

20 Apr 2022Stroud District Council announces Review Panel recommendations

Apr 2022Stroud District Council’s Blackboy Clock recommendations are covered by national news outlets

21 Apr 2022Dan Guthrie posts on Instagram about Review Panel’s recommendations

22 Apr 2022MailOnline publishes article with headline ‘Time’s up for “Blackboy” clock’

24 Apr 2022Dan Guthrie posts on Instagram in response to MailOnline article

28 Apr 2022Councillors debate Stroud District Council Blackboy Clock recommendations

Apr 2022Council’s debate on Blackboy Clock recommendations is covered by national media

3 May 2022‘Councillors listen to community over street and building names’

4 May 2022Britain First responds to Stroud District Council Blackboy Clock recommendations

May 2022Reader letters published in Stroud News & Journal in response to council’s new statement

11 June 2022Kayne Kawasaki posts about Blackboy Clock on TikTok

Aug 2022Blackboy Clock plaque from 2004 restoration is removed

Jan – Nov 2023Community Representation Taskforce writes new plaque for Blackboy Clock

Apr 2024A Blackboy House flat is listed for sale

24 May 2024Siobhan Baillie MP general election statement

June 2024Filming begins on Empty Alcove

16 Dec 2024New Blackboy Clock plaque by Community Representation Taskforce is installed

16 Jan 2025earf.info launches

8 Feb 2025Empty Alcove / Rotting Figure opens at Spike Island, Bristol

8 Feb 2025Simon Opher MP makes his first statement on the Blackboy Clock

Mar 2025Community Representation Taskforce plaque temporarily removed and replaced

May 2025Empty Alcove on view at SVA, Stroud

11 May 2025Empty Alcove / Rotting Figure closes at Spike Island, Bristol

6 June 2025Empty Alcove / Rotting Figure opens at Chisenhale Gallery, London

19 June 2025Dan Guthrie nominated for Stroud News & Journal Award

24 Aug 2025Empty Alcove / Rotting Figure closes at Chisenhale Gallery, London

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