Don’t forget.
The clocks go back 100 years this weekend.
Via Irish light bulb makers Solus:
The clocks go back in the early hours of Sunday October 30th at 2am, it marks 100 years since the concept of ‘daylight saving’ was introduced in Ireland under British rule.
Every year the clocks go forward an hour in March and back an hour in October but according to a new survey carried out by olus, 63% of Irish people would prefer if the practice was abolished…
When asked why the clocks go back, 83% of respondents cited day light saving and to benefit school children, energy efficiency and community, 13% believe it is to signal the end of summer, 1% quite rightly mentioned it is because William Willet wanted to play more golf
It was, in fact, the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay rocker Chris Martin – William Willet – that first introduced the concept of ‘daylight saving’ in 1907 and he actually was a keen golfer.
FIGHT!