HERITAGE DAY: New technology breathes life into Simon’s Town historic clock

After more than a year of silence, the historic Simon’s Town West dockyard clock is chiming again, much to the delight of three persistent volunteers.
The maintenance of the clock, originally a passion project started by David Erickson, former chairman of the Simon’s Town Historical Society, around 2011, has since been taken over by volunteers after he became ill and returned to England, where he subsequently died last year following a battle with cancer.