catfan 14,793 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Just in case anyone forgot ! British Summer Time ends at 02 am to GMT- 1 hour. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks for the heads up, now the difference between there and here will be 7hrs. We don't ever change our clocks so we'll stay at 7hrs till spring. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Extra hour in bed. Up at six for work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I preferred it in the late 60's/early 70's when we didn't change the clocks twice a year, none of this shenanigans. Also they didn't change the clocks when I was based in Germany in the late 70's.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes but it was still dark at 9am Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I think what Steve means is leave the clocks on UTC or what was known as GMT years back... Not perpetual summer time. I can't see, nor ever has seen why we had to advance the clocks for "summer time", from what I recollect, the experiment was to stay on GMT way back when, why did we revert to changing the clocks again?? There are a few states over here that have elected to stay on UTC year around, Arizona is one such state, I forget the others, but we don't "fall back" until November, which seems to mock all the old arguments. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Retired now couldn't care less... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Same here but I would sooner it be daylight by eight o'clock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 #6 As I recall we stayed on summer time, but the folks north of the boarder made a lot of noise as it didn't get light up there until very late in the morning. Yes I have just checked it was Harold Wilson government who left us on GMT+1 from 27-10-68 to 31-1071 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Wasn't it something to stop the farmers moaning too ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I often, set out for work in the dark, worked all shift in the dark and then went home in the dark, more often than not, the only time I saw daylight was when I was on afternoon shift during the autumn and winter months. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Just checked, 68 to 71 it was left on BST, my memory must be fading fast, I thought it was left on UTC/GMT. Either way I'd sooner stay on UTC and leave the clocks alone, takes me weeks at adjust. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Not being an early riser I prefer GMT+1 for purely selfish reasons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I often, set out for work in the dark, worked all shift in the dark and then went home in the dark, more often than not, the only time I saw daylight was when I was on afternoon shift during the autumn and winter months. "IF" you were a coal miner it was always dark at any time of the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I'm out of bed at 5-00am every morning, it's just become a habit I cannot break, most mornings I'm awake well before the alarm goes off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 It was dark in all the mines I worked down...LOL I wasn't a coal miner, I was a mining electrician, I had enough to do without excavating minerals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Dad was on regular mornings at Calverton, he lived to 82 years and I never knew him have a lie in. Like Ayup he was up at 5am every morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Same here too, odd occasion get up feed & let the cat out, mash a cup of tea & go back to bed, not often tho. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Was many a time I dropped out of bed at 2-30am to go into work for a 12 hour or sixteen hour shift at Boulby...Jeeze it's cold on the north east coast in the middle of winter.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Wasn't it something to stop the farmers moaning too ? Since when did anyone working on the land need to look at a clock?....Only the rich buggers sitting in an estate office and not on a tractor. Real farmers work when it's light enough to start and finish the job... not by what a gadget on the wall says. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I hate the fact that days get shorter in winter. I'm just not built for it. When I did years on end of 12 hour shifts, winter was purgatory. I barely saw daylight. Then they go and make it darker sooner in the evenings! (I'm not bothered about mornings now, I only get up early in the summer) My goal now is to survive till 21st Dec. From there, or thereabouts, it starts to get lighter everyday. You don't really notice, but I don't care. In my head.. it's getting better... Oh.... while we're at it, they can go and shove Halloween up their BST. And all mention of Christmas should be banned until at least mid December... Miserable? Moi? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,293 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 In Oz some states changed to daylight saving three weeks ago and others did not. We now have the ridiculous situation of five time zones eat to west instead of the usual three. Queensland does not have daylight saving and is now one hour behind New South Wales even though they are nominally on the same longitude. NSW people often get flight times from Coolangatta airport which is just over the Queensland border wrong at this time of year. Here in Adelaide we are half an hour ahead of Queensland which is east of us? Half an hour behind NSW, Victoria and Tasmania which are also east of us. One hour ahead of the Northern Territory which is due north of us and 2 and a half hours ahead of Perth. I pity those in the UK who have relatives in OZ trying to work out what time to call or Skype them at this time of year or the people that live in the border areas of states in Oz that do not change to daylight saving. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Could someone tell my body clock that the clocks have gone back an hour please. I'm wide awake and ready for my breakfast!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I'm glad of the extra hour, as I've just had three hectic days in London and desperately need to return to the real world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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