He was told the story of the old clock and after seeing the clock for himself, decided to compose a song about the fascinating coincidence that the clock stopped forever the moment its elder owner passed away. He just left it standing in a sunlit corner of the lobby, its hands resting in the position they assumed the moment the last Jenkins brother died.Ībout 1875, an American songwriter named Henry Work happened to be staying at the George Hotel during a trip to England. The new manager of the hotel never attempted to have it repaired. Some said it was no surprise that, though fully wound, the old clock stopped when the surviving brother died at the age of ninety. The clocks incurable problem became as talked about as its precision had been. At first it lost 15 minutes per day but when several clocksmiths gave up trying to repair the ailing timepiece, it was losing more than an hour each day. One day, one of the brothers died and suddenly the old clock started losing time. This was uncommon, since in those days clocks were generally not noted for their accuracy.
One unusual characteristic on the old clock was that it kept very good time. In the lobby stood a floor clock, as they were called back in those days, that had been there for many years. The George hotel was managed by two bachelor brothers named Jenkins also from England.
Over 100 years ago in Piercebridge, North Yorkshire, England, there was a quaint country lodge known as the George Hotel.
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