Daylight savings pioneer honoured

Five of Mr Willett's children were born at 16 Avenue Crescent

The man who pioneered Daylight Savings Time has been honoured with the unveiling of a plaque.

William Willett wrote a leaflet The Waste of Daylight prompting the idea of clocks moving backwards in autumn and forwards in spring.

His concept became law in 1915, a year after his death at the age of 59.

The plaque was unveiled at 16 Avenue Crescent in Acton, west London, where Mr Willett lived for 12 years, from 1882-1894.

During the time that Mr Willett and his wife Maria lived there five children were born.

From Acton Mr Willett moved to Chislehurst, Kent, where he eventually re-married and where he died.

He is also commemorated with a memorial in Petts Wood, Kent.

Thursday's ceremony was been organised by the Mill Hill Park Residents' Association with Ealing Civic Society and Hamptons' International.