#OnThisDay 1936: The speaking clock was introduced in the UK. Ethel Jane Cain, the voice of the clock, was interviewed 21 years later. Precisely. | BBC Archive

For generations of Australians, checking the exact time was not as easy as picking up your mobile phone. Needed to wind your clocks for daylight savings? Bought a new watch? Had a blackout and realised your microwave/oven/*insert technological device* was doomed to flash until you fixed it? Never fear. The Speaking Clock was just a phone call away. 🕰️ All you needed to do was dial 1194 and this service, which is now part of the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia collection, would connect. Introduced by