[tz] Europe/Taunton?

[Tony Finch]

Zefram <zefram at fysh.org> wrote:

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16611058
>
>     Mr Rees-Mogg has tabled an amendment to the proposed legislation
>     suggesting the "the county of Somerset as defined by the Lieutenants
>     Act shall revert to the customary time used prior to the Great
>     Western Railway time established in 1840".

Back to the era of clocks like this (though Bristol is adjacent to rather
than in Somerset):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Exchangeclock.JPG

And law suits like Curtis v. March:

http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawreview/v36/docs/parrish36.1.pdf

What fun!

Tony.
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