A spooky reminder from Wigan tea room staff that the clocks go back an hour this Sunday

Staff and volunteers held spooky celebrations at the re-launched Chapter One Tea Room at Hindley Library and Community Centre, with a variety of Hallowe’en events, and in the process reminded readers that clocks go back this weekend.
By Charles Graham
Published 28th Oct 2023, 04:55 BST
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At 2am on Sunday October 29, we leave British Summer Time until March and return to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), signalling slightly lighter mornings for a short while but darkness descending in the late afternoon.

But at least it means that we all get an extra hour in bed.

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Chapter One Tea Room's staff and volunteers remind us of the imminent return of Greenwich Mean TimeChapter One Tea Room's staff and volunteers remind us of the imminent return of Greenwich Mean Time
Chapter One Tea Room's staff and volunteers remind us of the imminent return of Greenwich Mean Time

GMT is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.

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Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and its axial tilt, noon GMT is rarely the exact moment the sun crosses the Greenwich Meridian and reaches its highest point in the sky there. This event may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon GMT.

Noon GMT is the annual average moment of this event, which accounts for the word "mean" in "Greenwich Mean Time".

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