AS you're enjoying an extra hour in bed when the clocks go back on Sunday morning, spare a thought for Nathan Darlington, the man on-hand to ensure Bradford keeps the correct time.
At 2am, Mr Darlington, clock section manager for Bradford Council, will clamber into the upper reaches of City Hall to adjust its imposing clockface as UK summertime officially comes to an end.
The hands are controlled by a wheel in the tower that slowly revolves clockwise every hour.
"When I come in at 2 o'clock on Sunday, I'll lift a tie-piece out and turn it 360 degrees, which will put the clock hands back an hour," said Mr Darlington.
"It will put the hands out of synch with the 24 hour clock, but I'll sort that when I get in on Monday.
"It's as simple as that really."
The clock tower, which is Italianate and inspired by the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, soars 220 feet above the city skyline.
It has 13 bells, installed at a cost of £5,000, which were formerly controlled by an old BBC Micro computer, which is still housed within the tower.
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