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Originally Posted by astra
The first and the last Monday in May are bank holidays in the UK. I don't know the reason behind it though. I read a few days ago that the UK has got the smallest number of bank holidays in the Western Europe. I think Canada got double amount. We are a hard working lot. Got to feed up ....many people  |
In fact, the UK isn't really that badly off, as in the rest of Europe, if a Bank Holiday falls at the weekend, it is not moved to a week day, as it is here. See Wiki extract below:
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The number of holidays in the UK is relatively small compared to that in many other European countries. However, direct comparison is inaccurate since the 'substitute day' scheme of deferment does not apply in most European countries, where holidays that coincide with a weekend (29% of fixed-date holidays) are 'lost'. In fact, the average number of non-weekend holidays in such countries is only marginally higher (and in some cases lower) than the UK.
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Not sure why today is a holiday though. It's just known as the Spring Bank Holiday (to celebrate Spring - so it's raining today, of course...)
Oh, and it's coffee in my cup
