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Sir Frank Watson Dyson the astronomer who brought us the 'pips'
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Sir Frank Watson Dyson 1868-1939 was born near Ashby de la Zouche in Leicestershire who is largely remembered today for introducing the time signals or (pips) from Greenwich. Although not born in Yorkshire when he was very young his family moved to Yorkshire.
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