A clock winder has retired after keeping time for ... "The pendulum snapped once, so I made a new spring out of an old saw and machined it in my workshop.

He took over from the previous winder Jim Rose: "My mam told me he was retiring ... In later years I got a watch that gets the signal from the atomic clock. "In spring you'd wind it forward for ...

Despite this week's winter storms pounding across the country, winter is winding down and the sun is setting later each day. But nothing really says spring like the day we spring the clocks ...