HOPES are growing that an idiosyncratic Ambleside clock, which has reported different times on its four faces for three years, could be repaired this year.

The management firm which runs the Market Cross shopping precinct plans to get decorators to take down the timepiece for repair when they give the shops a fresh lick of paint later this year.

Sue Haslam of Chester-based Legat Owen said the firm was anxious to get the clock fixed as soon as possible.