Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

At dusk this evening a crew atop a cherry-picker were removing the clock face, a sight all the eerier against a chill, high November moon.

Throughout the past few days, pupils and staff have looked on in awe as large mechanical diggers eat away at the 'old school buildings'. Large metal ribs are ripped from the carcasses of buildings, chewed into smaller lumps and piled ready for removal. This process is scheduled to continue until well into the new year.