TEENAGER Lewis Walduck has plenty of time on his hands… literally. For the 17-year-old, whose first words as a baby were “Tick-tock”, has just started a rare horological apprenticeship with the Clock Work Shop in Kings Worthy.
“I love my job and am so grateful for it,” said Lewis, one of whose distant ancestors was Oliver Cromwell. “It’s a dream come true – clocks and watches, and how they work, have fascinated me for as long as I can remember.”
Clocking on for his apprenticeship means a 70-mile drive every day from his home in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and caused a desperate race to pass his driving test before Christmas to avoid a potential four-hour train journey to work.