G'morning David,

 DW> BDST was certainly used during WW2, but not year-round. Doing so would
 DW> have been carzy, since in mid-winter, in the north of the country,
 DW> sunrise would not have occurred until approaching noon by the clock,
 DW> allowing German bombers to attack cities in the midst of daytime
 DW> activities.

 DW> I remember it.

As it was,  I well recall walking to school in the winter dark 
around 0830hrs, and getting home during or after a 1600hrs sunset, 
all kitted up against the cold and slush and burdened down with 
school bag and gasmask box.

There was an excellent day some highflying Hun dropped a screaming 
bomb over the town as I trudged through the snow,  urging me to 
follow training and lie down in tight against a stone fence as the 
missile's siren bored into the back of my neck.

The thing hit the rail yards over a mile away, and when I finally 
got to school I was sent home again to change and wash...

Nowadays, I find myself nodding uncomprehendingly at worried 
parents who insist on delivering their kids a few hundred metres 
in a 4x4 as big as a school bus.....

Miles.
 
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