having dinner parties and one of these popped out, one of the cuckoos, it would ignite the chat if it had gone stale, because it would be like, you have a cuckoo clock, how about that? and the bants would flow. they would often ask where did that come from? they very soon became very popular. people have come to us from america, even australia. people come to us and leave their clocks for restoration. one woman the other week said to me goodbye, cedric. and i said no, my name is roman, and she said no, my clock is named cedric. the work here will continue, but the long term is unclear. for the collection to stay together and be looked after for all time, that is our dream. that was our dream. that is our dream. ian haslam, bbc news. thank you for watching bbc news. we