The clockwinding tradition originated when John Rigby and Sons, Ltd. of Manchester, England, presented the Wire Association with a 400-day grandfather clock at its Annual Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 1948. The gesture made in appreciation of the support given by the U.S. wire industry to Great Britain during World War II. Each year a representative from the U.K. makes the trip to the U.S. to participate in the annual ceremony that commemorates the friendship and communication between the two nations. This year, Lindsay Millington, the Under Warden of the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers celebrates the WAI Clockwinding event.
