I didn't know that the clocks had gone forward an hour

[Accy cyclist]

It may have escaped your attention but the head of the state is also the head of the church.

But she won't have say in when public holidays are held. When i say state i mean elected governments.

 

[smutchin]

But she won't have say in when public holidays are held. When i say state i mean elected governments.

Sounds like you probably need a history lesson.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

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They are having you on mate - that's Avebury.

 

[DaveReading]

Last Sunday. They don't change until 2am.

Strictly speaking, if you're in the UK you should put your clocks forward an hour when they show 01:00 on the last Sunday in March and back an hour when they (first) show 02:00 on the last Sunday in October.

 

[pjd57]

The years we didn't do it weren't great , well not in Scotland.
Going to school in the dark is my main memory of it.

1968/71

 

[DaveReading]

The years we didn't do it weren't great , well not in Scotland.
Going to school in the dark is my main memory of it.

1968/71

I remember it well - watching the sun rise from the classroom at 9:45.

Though the problem wasn't that we didn't do summer time - it was that we did summer time all year round.

 

[alicat]

Going to school in the dark is my main memory of it.

And suddenly being equipped with the equivalent of hi-viz vests.

 

[pjd57]

I remember it well - watching the sun rise from the classroom at 9:45.

Though the problem wasn't that we didn't do summer time - it was that we did summer time all year round.

Anyone I've heard saying we should stop putting the clocks forward/back isn't old enough to remember the years we didn't do it.

 

[Paulus]

It seems a week early to me, but that's only because the 31st is a Saturday.

Always the last Sunday in March.

 

[winjim]

Always the last Sunday in March.

Yes. The 31st is a Saturday. Today is the earliest that the last Sunday in March can possibly be. Hence it feeling early.

 

[Paulus]

@Accy cyclist It must have really confused you during the war when we had double summertime....

During the 60's/ 70's there was an experiment with double summertime, only lasted a couple of years.
This took place between 27 October 1968 and 31 October 1971, when there was a reversion to the previous arrangement.

 

[Rider75]

The complicated clock in my car sat nav head unit will now be correct for the next 6 months......

 

[User269]

Not only did i miss the clocks going forward,i also missed the boat race!! https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/who-watches-the-boat-race.232010/
How are these important events passing me by without notice?

Pay attention 007.

 

[craigwend]

Its an April fools joke Accy & all these meanies on here are having you on ...

 

[s7ephanie]

I forgot as well ! Left it too late to go to shop xx