Market Street in March 2025
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Those were the days
Jer Kennelly sent us this gem. I love that in Listowel they were still on summertime in December 1942.
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Sorry Ashleigh, I’m late with this
I hope the pictures are still on display.
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Then and Now
2017
2025
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Winner Alright
Garvey’s Listowel was named SuperValu Store of the Year 2025.
Super Valu is a great supporter of local people and clubs.
Garvey’s always stocks local books. Moments of Reflection is still available to buy there.
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An Important Book
Con Dennehy did a brilliant job on this book.
Wise words from Denis Brosnan
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A Fact
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Kathleen Csoka
Really interesting
Kathy Reynolds
During the austerity of WW2, Double Summer Time was introduced in the UK as a way of saving fuel. This saw clocks being put forward two hours ahead of GMT. I assume Ireland must have also made the changes.
Double Summer Time was triggered on the last Sunday of October in 1940 when the clocks were not put back from Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time. The result was that Summer Time continued throughout the Winter of 1940/41. On the last Sunday of March in 1941, the clocks were put forward an extra one hour, effectively putting the country two hours ahead of GMT. This meant that dark evenings were two hours shorter, so the time for which heating was required was also two hours shorter, thus saving on fuel. The delayed darkness in the evenings also meant that people had more time to get back home before the blackout.
WW2 Double Summer Time ended in the Autumn of 1945 when clocks were set back to the previous cycle of Greenwich Mean Time over winter and British Summer Time in the Summer.