If we go back to the days before railways, the time of day differed around Britain based on the geographic position in which you found yourself. For example, there was a 12 minute difference between Bristol and London. This made train timetables even harder to ely on than they are now. To overcome this, the railways introduced a standard time, known as “railway time”, in the 1840s. Sometimes clocks actually had two minute hands, one to show local time and on railway time.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 10 April 2019
Posted as part of Weekend Reflection
Interesting info, great composition and reflections
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Nice one. When will I go able to go back to Blighty??
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I wish I knew!
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Kinda like real time and virtual time 🙂
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Aha, now I know!
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🙂
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Looks so peaceful.
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Thats an interesting part of the past
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Ohh great piece of info! Didn’t know about it 🙃
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6:30 is the best time…….hands down 😀
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I remember this from an episode of QI. According to them there’s still a clock in Bristol with two minute hands.
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I did wonder if I could find one somewhere. I had been planning to be in Bristol this summer for the street art festival but I think that will have to wait til 2021.
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