Norman Pett

Norman Pett (Birmingham, England, 27 April 1891- February 16, 1960, Sussex, Great-Britain) was a British artist who, in 1932 created the famous cartoon character, 'Jane' for the Daily Mirror.

Early life

Pett was born on the 27th of April 1891 in Birmingham, England. His father was the jeweller John Ernest Pett. After being invalided out of the First World War, he studied art at the Press Art School. Later, he taught art at the Mosley Road Junior Art School and at Birmingham Central School of Art.

Jane

In 1932, he set out to create a comic strip that would be as popular to adults as the famous 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred' was to children. And so, Jane was created. For the first few years, Pett's wife Mary modeled for him but eventually he started to use professional models instead, the most famous of which was Chrystabel Leighton-Porter who modeled for him during World War Two. Until the war, Jane had a little daily funny story, but at the star of the war, she became a continuous story.

Petté

Petté is a town and commune in Cameroon.

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Coordinates: 10°58′N 14°30′E / 10.967°N 14.500°E / 10.967; 14.500

Pett

Coordinates: 50°53′N 0°40′E / 50.89°N 0.66°E / 50.89; 0.66

Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay.

The road through the village leads down to the second village in the parish: Pett Level, the coastal part of which is known as Cliff End. Here there is a beach and, as the name suggests, the Weald sandstone cliffs reach their easternmost point. Pett Level marks the end of both the Royal Military Canal and the western end of the 1940s sea defence wall. The Saxon Shore Way passes through Pett Level.

Pett parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Peter. Pett also has a Methodist chapel, originally Mount Calvary Bible Christian Chapel, and a small Church of England church at Cliff End.

History

The manor of Pett belonged to a succession of families, including the Halle family, the Levett family, the Fletchers and the Medleys, before eventually passing to the Earls of Liverpool.

Kamchatka Time

Kamchatka Time (Russian: Камчатское время, Kamchatskoye vremya) or PETT, is a time zone in Russia, named after the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is 12 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+12) and 9 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+9). This time zone is used in the two easternmost regions of Russia after October 2014 and was also used before the time zone reform of 2010.

Kamchatka Summer Time (PETST) corresponds to UTC+13, but still 9 hours ahead of Moscow (MSD+9).

On March 28, 2010, while most regions of Russia switched to Summer Time moving the clocks one hour forward, the two Russian regions using Kamchatka Time, Kamchatka Krai and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, retained UTC+12, effectively joining Magadan Summer Time. This change was reversed on 26 October 2014.

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