Qualla: Liberty Clock https://qualla.com/liberty-clock en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/liberty-clock-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Liberty Clock https://qualla.com/liberty-clock Liberty Clock: Introduction https://qualla.com/liberty-clock/ Photo credit Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0. Wait at the southern end of Kingly Street on the hour. The crowd flowing between Carnaby Street and Regent Street barely notices the archway above their heads at first - three storeys of dark Tudor-revival timber, leaded windows, and twisted brick chimneys, all set into the western flank of Liberty's department store. But at the chime, the brass mechanism set into the clock face begins to turn. Saint George rises out of his hour-niche and rides at the dragon. The dragon turns. The lance lowers. They duel for about a minute. Then the figures retreat, the bell sounds, the gawkers disperse, and Soho carries on its way. The Liberty Clock has been running this little drama since 1925.

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]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/liberty-clock-wp/gcpv-liberty-clock-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Liberty Clock: Edwin Hall's Arch https://qualla.com/liberty-clock/ Photo credit Garry Knight from London, England, CC BY 2.0. When Arthur Liberty's department store was rebuilt in 1924 as a mock-Tudor emporium, the architects Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall designed two buildings linked by a three-storey arch. The arch spans the northern end of Kingly Street and contains the Liberty Clo...

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]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/liberty-clock-wp/gcpv-liberty-clock-edwin-halls-arch.mp3 0:06 2 full Liberty Clock: Saint George and the Dragon https://qualla.com/liberty-clock/ Photo credit The original uploader was Edwin at English Wikipedia., Public domain. The clock face carries an inscription that has become its slogan: 'No minute gone comes ever back again - take heed and see ye nothing do in vain.' On the hour, the mechanical animation above the clock face plays out. A figure of Saint George rides forward; a dragon emerges from ...

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]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/liberty-clock-wp/gcpv-liberty-clock-saint-george-and-the-dragon.mp3 0:06 3 full Liberty Clock: An Australian Cousin https://qualla.com/liberty-clock/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. SeanMack assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5. About ten years after the Liberty Clock was installed, an architect in Perth, Western Australia, built a remarkably similar arch over the entrance to London Court - a Tudor-revival shopping arcade running between St George's Terrace and Hay Street in the city centre. The Perth ar...

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]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/liberty-clock-wp/gcpv-liberty-clock-an-australian-cousin.mp3 0:06 4 full Liberty Clock: Hidden in Plain Sight https://qualla.com/liberty-clock/ Photo credit Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0. Most people who walk between Carnaby Street and Regent Street pass directly beneath the clock without noticing it. Carnaby Street to the east is a pedestrianised parade of clothing shops and bars that has run its own youth-culture circus since the 1960s. Regent Street to the west...

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]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/liberty-clock-wp/gcpv-liberty-clock-hidden-in-plain-sight.mp3 0:06 5 full Liberty Clock: On the Hour https://qualla.com/liberty-clock/ Photo credit The original uploader was Edwin at English Wikipedia., Public domain. The four winds keep blowing on the clock face. The dragon keeps emerging from its niche. The lance comes down, the brass figures turn, and the mechanism resets itself for the next hour. Below the arch, the shoppers and the tourists and the office workers heading home from Carnaby...

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