Where did YOU watch the UK's last solar eclipse? Office workers poured into the streets, hospital staff climbed onto roofs and spectators - armed with glasses, welding masks or colanders - raced up hills to witness Britain go dark in 1999

It's been 27 years and a day since Britain was last cloaked in an 'eerie' shade caused by a total solar eclipse. Those who watched that summer reflect on what it was like.

Where did YOU watch the UK's last solar eclipse? Office workers poured into the streets, hospital staff climbed onto roofs and spectators - armed with glasses, welding masks or colanders - raced up hills to witness Britain go dark in 1999
It's been 27 years and a day since Britain was last cloaked in an 'eerie' shade caused by a total solar eclipse. Those who watched that summer reflect on what it was like.