And that has certainly been the case at the Wigan Observer and Wigan Post as this charming collection of pictures from years past demonstrates. So just to be clear: we lose an hour on Sunday March 29 as the clocks go on an hour for the arrival of British Summer Time.
1. RETRO
Sam Smyth, three, from Walkden Hall Private Day Nursery, Wigan, in 1997 Photo: FRANK ORRELL
2. RETRO
Laura Slater and Joseph Gaskell from Kids.Com Nursery at Springfield, in 2000 Photo: John Leatherbarrow
3. 2009
Children at Heron Day Nursery in Wigan: from left, Gracie Seddon, Harley Dale, Cole Pemberton, Lyndsey Ralphson and Chloe Williams in 2009 Photo: Gary Brunskill
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