when did we last have double summer time?

Answer 1

World War II (BTW - double summer time is 2 hours ahead of standard time)

Answer 2

Double Summer Time

Answer 3

British Summer Time was first introduced in the UK in 1916.

British Summer Time was permanently in force during the Second World War from February 1940 until October 1945 and again from February 1968 until October 1971.

Double summer time was in force from 1941-1947 except for 1946.

The following is an extract from the war time memories of someone who was a child during WW2 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/00/a3935900.shtml:
"My grandparents lived on the Isle of Dogs and they sheltered under the reinforced Railway Arches, which are now part of the Docklands Light Railway. The night the docks and the City of London were fire bombed they went home to find their house had been demolished. My uncle who was their son brought them, together with the few belongings they had salvaged, to live with us in Crouch End.
By then the bombing carried on with a vengeance, every night and day for 71 days. We had a permanent blackout everywhere. Over the country everyone carried a torch. We had something called “double summertime” which meant it was daylight until 11 o’clock at night. During the summer, it was to help the farmers to gather the crops before it got dark."

The sites I list will explain :
British Summer Time
British Standard Time
British Double Summer Time

Answer 4

Double summertime was introduced during the second world war,then the clocks were altered two hours instead of one,and if you were late for work once you had to see the boss,twice and you were up infront of the judge,

Answer 5

1971 and the last they tried is was march 1972, but have only lasted a couple of days.


david hughes

Answer 6

What the heck is THAT??

Answer 7

??? Whats that then???