The clock-keepers preparing to turn back time as clocks go back

In Gloucestershire, Marcus Jelfs has driven from Upton St. Leonards to Stroud every week for the last five years to wind the Sim’s Clock, known locally as the Four Clocks.

Its construction was finished in 1921, after local shopkeeper William Thomas Sims left £1,000 to the town when he died in 1917.

Inside the tower is a large pendulum which slowly drops over the course of a week, before it has to be re-wound.

“I do cheat a little and change the time around 21:00 the night before, so it won’t inconvenience too many people,” Mr Jelfs said.

He added: “Most clocks are now electronically functioning and it certainly is nice to keep that history going.”