How to use the online alarm clock
One in the afternoon is announced twice over in Britain. The One O'Clock News has run on BBC One for decades, and in Edinburgh the castle fires the One O'Clock Gun across the city every day except Sunday, a habit that began in the nineteenth century as a time signal for ships in the Firth of Forth.
For most people it is the back end of lunch and the point of returning to work — the alarm that says the sandwich is finished and the afternoon has started. Schools are coming out of their own lunch break, and afternoon lessons begin.
It is also a common slot for the first meeting after lunch, and for tradespeople arriving on an afternoon booking. Anyone with children small enough to nap uses this hour to protect the nap rather than to end it. Every minute from 1:00 pm to 1:59 pm is listed below as its own page.
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