Spurs' iconic Cockerel Clock is set to return to the high street outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after Haringey Council approved its comeback this month.
The big clock, which dates back to the 1950s, is currently housed within the stadium's west atrium after being restored to its former glory, complete with 24 carat extra thick English gold leaf, by Gillett & Johnston, the company that manufactured it all those decades ago. Originally attached to The Red House, the clock is now ready to be displayed at its new home on the corner of the High Road and Park Lane, attached to a lamp post, similar to the one which Spurs as a club was founded at.
Hotspur FC was founded in 1882 by three schoolboys - Bobby Buckle, Hamilton Casey and John Anderson - under a gas lamp about 100 yards from where the stadium is located today. They were seeking a way to keep the school cricket club operating in the winter. It cost sixpence to join the team and the first subscriptions were collected on September 5 1882.
