William Willett Memorial Sundial

I went for a walk today in Petts Wood (Bromley, UK) - looking for the William Willett Memorial sundial.

William Willett (10 August 1856 to 4 March 1915) campaigned tirelessly to introduce daylight saving in the UK. It was finally introduced in 1916 (a year after William died).

I did eventually find the memorial and here are some of the photos I took:

William Willett Memorial

Memorial Sundial

HORAS NON
NUMERO
NISI ÆSTIVAS
Translated from Latin: I will only tell the summer hours.

William Willett Memorial Sundial

Walkers standing next to the Willett Memorial



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Memorial location (green arrow): 51°24'11.79"N 0° 5'0.00"E

The Daylight Inn - named in honour of William Willett. The Inn is located close to Petts Wood train station.

The Daylight Inn Signpost:
Showing the switch too daylight saving and back

By the way:

William Willett's great great grandson is Chis Martin - the lead singer of Coldplay.

Coldplay created the song "Clocks" - and the 2004 Grammy Award for Record Of The Year was awarded to Coldplay for "Clocks".

Coldplay also created the song "Daylight"

Links to Coldplay's "Clocks" and "Daylight" on YouTube:

• Clocks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFydph_7ag0
• Daylight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-2gzuUNyZo

References:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willett
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petts_Wood
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldplay