Father Time (Lord's)
Weathervane | |
Height | 6 ft 6 in[1] (1.98 m) |
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Completion date | 1926[1] |
Father Time is a
Father Time was originally located atop the old Grand Stand. It was wrenched from its position during the Blitz, when it became entangled in the steel cable of a barrage balloon,[1][4] but was repaired and returned to its previous place. In 1992 it was struck by lightning, and the subsequent repairs were featured on the children's television programme Blue Peter.[1][5] Father Time was permanently relocated to a structure adjacent to the Mound Stand in 1996, when the Grand Stand was demolished and rebuilt.[1] It was again damaged in March 2015 by the high winds of Cyclone Niklas, which necessitated extensive repair by specialists.[6]
In 1969 Father Time became the subject of a poem, "Lord's Test", by the Sussex and England cricketer John Snow.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g "Father Time – biog", Lord's, archived from the original on 8 June 2011, retrieved 6 June 2010
- ^ Kidd, Patrick (18 November 2009), "A brief history of Father Time at Lord's", The Times, retrieved 6 June 2010
- ^ "Father Time and the Lord's Slope", Lord's, 28 January 2014, archived from the original on 1 December 2017, retrieved 30 March 2015
- ^ Williamson, Martin (6 May 2006), "Lord's under attack", Cricinfo, retrieved 6 June 2010
- ^ Brown, Matt (8 January 2007), "London's weather vanes", Time Out, archived from the original on 6 June 2011, retrieved 6 June 2010
- ^ "Lord's Father Time weather vane damaged by high winds", BBC Sport, retrieved 30 March 2015
- ^ Snow, John (1976), Cricket Rebel: An Autobiography, Hamlyn Publishing Ltd, p. 77
External links
- Media related to Old Father Time, Lord's Cricket Ground at Wikimedia Commons