The instrument usually performs a scene by Shakespeare's most famous star-crossed lovers.

The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend.

Stratford District deputy mayor Min McKay said it was a large tourist attraction.

She did not know the reason why it had stopped but hoped an engineer would check it on Tuesday.

Edit: If you’re reading from All, this is Stratford in New Zealand, it’s named after Stratford upon Avon but it’s not the same place 🙂

  • DaveOPMA
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    5 months ago

    Haha I learn lots here too! The self-hosted communities are about the only niche thing that is mainstream here!

    You also teach me about slugs and stuff 😆

    • liv
      2·
      5 months ago

      Ha ha that’s right I forgot about your tiger slug! Did that work out for you as a pet or did it roam away?

      • DaveOPMA
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        5 months ago

        Still there, last I checked. Doesn’t seem to be getting any bigger, though. I feel a little not like the lady in the Roald Dahl book Esio Trot thinking her tortoise is growing too slow.