Church man appeals for knicker elastic to mend clock

A church official today appealed for the women of his parish to donate a length of their used knicker elastic - to help mend a broken church clock.

David Lord, the verger, or caretaker, of All Saints Church in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, said an 18-inch length of elastic would satisfy his needs, allowing him to recondition the 100-year-old motorised timepiece.