If you go to a store and ask for a tall-case clock, the clerk might well be mystified. The name we use today, “grandfather clock,” came into popularity about 1875.The name was the result of ...

A man who broke into an 80-year-old's home and stole thousands of pounds hidden in a grandfather clock has been jailed. Sam Smith, 23, went to the house in Warboys on 16 March 2023 and offered to ...