30 Mar, 2013 @ 12:26
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TICK-TOCK, don’t forget to change your clock!

spring forward

IN line with other EU countries the clocks in Spain go forward one hour this weekend at 2am on Sunday, March 31.

Benjamin Franklin was the first to suggest adjusting the clocks in an essay in 1784. But it was William Willett, in 1907, who started the campaign to move the clocks forward for the lighter and warmer months and backwards during the winter.

Karl Smallman

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