Pat Simmons

----Pat Simmons (1920 – 29 October 2005) was the voice of the United Kingdom's speaking clock from 1963 until 1985.

A supervisor at a London telephone exchange, in 1963 Simmons won a £500 competition to replace Jane Cain, whose voice had been used since the service began in 1936. On 2 April 1985, Pat Simmons' last words on the clock were: "At the third stroke it will be 10:59 and 50 seconds", followed by the voice of Brian Cobby who succeeded her in the job.

In 2000, a project run by the Telecommunications Heritage Group recreated the Pat Simmons speaking clock.

See also

* Speaking clock
* Ethel Jane Cain, first permanent voice
* Brian Cobby, third permanent voice
* Lenny Henry, comedian, temporary voice
* Alicia Roland, 12-year-old schoolgirl, temporary voice
* Sara Mendes da Costa, fourth permanent voice

External links

* [http://www.thg.org.uk] Telecommunications Heritage Group