Monday, October 1, 2018
The clockwinding tradition originated when John Rigby and Sons, Ltd. of Manchester, England, presented the Wire Association with a 400-day grandfather clock at its Annual Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 1948. The gesture made in appreciation of the support given by the U.S. wire industry to Great Britain during World War II. Each year a representative from the U.K. makes the trip to the U.S. to participate in the annual ceremony that commemorates the friendship and communication between the two nations. This year, Laurence Mutkin, the Upper Warden of the Worshipful Company of Tinplate Workers celebrates the WAI Clockwinding event.
