Pupils Kate, six, and Jayden, six, from Year Two at St Anne's primary school, Standish Lower Ground in 2017

placeholder image — Pupils Kate, six, and Jayden, six, from Year Two at St Anne's primary school, Standish Lower Ground in 2017

Cute picture reminders from Wigan years past that the clocks go back tonight

By Charles Graham

Published 24th Oct 2026, 04:55 BST

It’s reached that time of year tonight when we get an extra hour in bed because the clocks go back as we head from British Summer Time into Greenwich Mean Time.

Here’s a delightful gallery of some of the pictures we have taken over the past quarter century, usually involving young Wigan schoolchildren, to give everyone a reminder about the time change.

17. Wigan clocks-back pictures: 2000 to 2024

Laura Slater and Joseph Gaskell from Kids.com Nursery at Springfield getting the class clock ready in 2000 Photo: John Leatherbarrow

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Cute picture reminders from Wigan years past that the clocks go back tonight

It’s reached that time of year tonight when we get an extra hour in bed because the clocks go back as we head from British Summer Time into Greenwich Mean Time.

17. Wigan clocks-back pictures: 2000 to 2024

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