Contrary to the best efforts of the weather, it is apparently now Spring… We’re possibly more aware than most of the changes in season as we’ve just had Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day in quick succession and Easter is next weekend. As ever, we’ve got just the gift if you’re celebrating Easter, or need to send a gift hamper to a friend, colleague or relative.
Spring is always marked by the clocks going forward by an hour to British Summer Time. However, this hasn’t always been the case. After some digging around, we discovered that during the World War II years, GMT+1 was maintained throughout the winter and another extra hour was added for British Summer Time, putting us at GMT+2 during the summer months. There are various bodies, including RoSPA who argue that a permanent move to Double Summer Time would reduce the number of accidents significantly.
Equally, there are arguments for the abolition of British Summer Time entirely, favouring GMT all year round particularly in England and Wales, independent of Scotland and Ireland.
We did an extremely unscientific straw poll in the office this morning and discovered that the majority of people here would like an extra hour of light in the evenings as it would help us continue to pack our hampers and load the hampers onto lorries during the dark evenings running up to to Christmas!
