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Re: Tick tock tick tock
[Re: Edinburgh]
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29/10/2017 15:51
29/10/2017 15:51
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jimboy
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As far as I remember the reason is to facilitate school children getting there and back home in as much natural light as possible. Whilst I'd like more light too in the winter evenings the above is quite hard to disapprove of.... Aye Simon, that was the reason given, but a story I read some time ago about several school children being run down & killed somewhere in a remote village which was supposed to start this off was proved to be false. I do remember reading it somewhere but I cannot for the life of me find it again. In reality the daylight saving was down to try & save the country money. Chap called William Willet started to look into money being lost due to the number of daylight hours being lost. There is more to the story than that, but this was the start.
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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Re: Tick tock tick tock
[Re: barnacle]
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29/10/2017 17:02
29/10/2017 17:02
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magooagain
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I thought it had started due to various professions needing daylight.ie farmers etc.
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Re: Tick tock tick tock
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29/10/2017 17:08
29/10/2017 17:08
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DaveG
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Well I'm no farmer but if I were I don't think it would make any difference, if I had to be up at dawn I would be up whether it was 06:49 GMT or 07:49 BST, changing the clocks doesn't make the daylight last any longer...
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