The idea of adjusting clocks in order to benefit from daylight was first proposed in New Zealand in 1895, and was first implemented by Germany and her allies in WW1 (to save coal). William Willett came up with the idea independently in the UK in 1905 but it was not implemented here until WW1 and in the US in 1918.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Daylight Saving Time
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William Willett - Chislehurst
William Willett, 1856 - 1915, noted house builder and initiator of British Su...
William Willett - W3
Hamptons International, the estate agents, occupy William Willett’s former es...
Other Subjects
Margaret Mellor
As a Waterloo resident Margaret worked from about 1972 on community planning in Waterloo. Â Her main aims have been to increase social housing for families and green open space for everyone. Â She co...
1 memorial
Women + Health
From their website: "... started in the 1980’s by a group of local women from Somers Town who had decided that they needed an informal environment in which they could learn more about their health,...
1 memorial
Octavia Hill
Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust. Â Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really). Â She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare
10 memorials
Blossom Street Almshouses
Also known as Almshouses, Blossom Terrace, built by William Goswell. In the same street there were also the Weavers' Company Almshouses but they look to be a different building. From British Histo...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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