There was great excitement yesterday when a team came to fix the clock from via Scotrail.
Sadly they were not told a team had been there last week with the plan to do the same. No one seemed to realise British Rail sold of the mechanism as it did to many station clocks . How can such a valuable asset be repaired now! The time now reads differently but no heart to the clock in the form of workings will never make it run. Please can we have the old one back to make the life tick again to count the history that is truly important to perverse in the last standing station house on the Callander Oban line
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ReplyDeleteAre you saying they sold the inner workings of the clock?! That's a disgrace. I just came across a photo of this clock on another website and began researching to learn more. This clock was made by my husband's family. His gr-gr-grandfather was Lambert Hepting who ran Hepting Jewelers in Stirling, Scotland. After his death, his son, Lambert Jr. took over the shop until 1913 when he was accidentally shot and killed by his 7 year old daughter. The store continued in business as Hepting & Farrar in the original store location until this past year, when the new owners changed the name and move the store to a new location.
ReplyDeleteApologies I was unaware of your reply to this until today.
DeleteIt was very interesting to hear some of the history behind the creation of this clock. I believe my partner today replied to you telling you the wonderful news that we have managed to acquire a clock from the old Benderloch station. We believe this very clock was the one that held the most constantly correct time for all the other stations to set their clocks to.
We hope to reinstate it to the original outside clock face here at Dalmally . We have both already succumb to the charm of this delightful creation and anymore information will just enhance the history for us and the people who will come to visit it.Any more information would be wonderful.
Very Best Wishes
Liz
Lambert Hepting, Sr. was born in 1833 in Neukirch, Baden, Germany in the Blackforest region. He and his brothers apprenticed under their father, Sebastian Hepting as clock and watchmakers. In the 1850's, Lambert came to Scotland and apprenticed under his uncle Peter Ketterer. In 1861, he opened his own jewelry store at 11 Murray Place Stirling, Scotland. Lambert married Mary Mitchell Campbell McLachlan and they had raised several children here. Lambert Jr. was born 17 Feb 1864. Lambert Sr. died in 1890.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, his son, Lambert Jr. took over the shop. He kept a gun in the office for safety due to the amount of cash and jewelry etc. that he worked with in the store. One day, he was looking for something in his desk. He took the gun out and set it on top the desk while continuing to search the drawer. His daughter picked up the gun and it accidentally went off shooting Lambert. He died on 10 Apr 1913. He is buried in Stirling Valley Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.
His daughter was devastated over what had happened. She never married.
Lambert Jr's widow, Mary (Greenhorn) Hepting continued to run the store on her own until 1922. At this point, she took on a partner, Mr. Farrer - I don't know his first name. Mary died in 1949. Though no one from the Hepting family was involved in the store after that, the kept the name. In the mid 1990's they were bought out by Fraser Hart Ltd. They continued to run the store as Hepting and Farrer until 2012. At this time, they moved to 15 Thistle Marches, The Thistle Centre, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland FK8 2EA and changed the name.
If you do get the original clock up somewhere, I'd love to see pictures. It meant so much for my husbands family to see these pictures. We live in the United States, so it's wonderful to see our family history in the United Kingdom.
Sandy
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