The Tredegar Cock Tower

Posted on November 20th, 2008 filed in Humour

When they hold a bazaar in Tredegar they don’t mess around.

Just over one hundred and fifty years ago they held a great big Tredegar bazaar.

Heaps of money was raised.

And then over a few beers in ye olde Tredegar tavern they discussed what to do with the money raised ….

Tredegar Man - “Hey, let’s erect a 72 feet high cast iron tower, put a large bell at the end and paint it bright red so people from all around can see it from a great distance. It will put Tredegar on the map.”

Another Tredegar Man - “Yes, it will put us on the map as comedians because it will look like a 72 foot tall cast iron cock.”

Yet Another Tredegar Man : “Oh sod it then, if we can’t have a COCK tower how about putting a CLOCK face on the top…”

Another Tredegar Man : “… And painting it bright orange…”

Tredegar Man : “…Done. We’ll get that big boy up soon enough.”

Thus ye olde good men of Tredegar narrowly avoided building a ‘cock tower’ and instead they built a Clock Tower… Catch a glimpse of the Photos in the Gallery.