Pat Simmons (1920 – 29 October 2005) was the voice of the United Kingdom's Speaking Clock from 1963 until 1985.
5-554: Pat Simmons may refer to: Pat Simmons (voice actress) (1920–2005), voice of the United Kingdom's Speaking Clock from 1963 until 1985 Pat Simmons (curler) (born 1974), Canadian curler Pat Simmons (baseball) (1908–1968), relief pitcher in Major League Baseball See also [ edit ] Patrick Simmons (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
10-599: A working machine at the museum of the British Horological Institute . About forty-four minutes into the programme, Alan Midleton, who had made past appearances as a watch and clock expert on the show in previous episodes but was appearing as a curator of the museum, claimed that the electric motor of the machine, which had been running at the institute, broke down on the same day that Pat Simmons died. A specialist telephone service provider still uses Simmons' voice. This can be accessed by calling 0871 976 2819 from
15-432: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pat Simmons (voice actress) 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
20-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Simmons&oldid=851842336 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-670: The three pips and then the voice of Brian Cobby who succeeded her in the job. In 2000, a project called TIM 2000 was run by the Telecommunications Heritage Group to recreate the Pat Simmons speaking clock. Around 75 electronic speaking clocks with the Pat Simmons voice were sold. The Speaking Clock machine that was used by Pat Simmons was displayed on an edition of the BBC television programme, Antiques Roadshow , originally broadcast on 19 October 2008. It had been on display as
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