Aha I quote.... Permanent summer, 1968–71 In 1968, the clocks went forward as usual in March, but in the autumn, they did not return to Greenwich Mean Time. Britain had entered a three-year experiment, confusingly called British Standard Time, and stayed one hour ahead of Greenwich until 1971. This was not the first experiment to shift the clocks in winter. In the Second World War (1939-45), Britain had adopted Double British Summer Time, with the clocks one hour ahead of Greenwich in winter and two hours ahead in summer. When the British Standard Time experiment ended, the Home Office carried out an exhaustive review to find out whether it had been successful. The answer was both yes and no. There were ‘pros and cons’ to having the clocks forward and, on balance, the Government decided to return to the original British Summer Time.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Waiting for BST!	03/03/15 18:43:00	Mark Pattinson
Re:Waiting for BST!	03/03/15 18:46:00	Claire Moran
Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	03/03/15 18:50:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	03/03/15 19:22:00	Georgina Flint
Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	03/03/15 19:45:00	Apple Leiper
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	03/03/15 21:29:00	Pete Mayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	03/03/15 21:31:00	Pete Mayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 07:41:00	Colin Jordan
Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 09:14:00	David Turner
Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 13:34:00	Mark Pattinson
Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 13:37:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 13:38:00	Pete Mayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 15:41:00	Georgina Flint
Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 19:22:00	Anne England
Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 20:52:00	Claire Moran
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 20:56:00	Pete Mayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Waiting for BST!	04/03/15 21:29:00	Andy Pease

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