Bank Holidays - we need more

[Nick Harvey]

In fact, many of the manual workers used to work til lunchtime on Christmas day!

Only till lunchtime?

God you're a damn lazy bunch up there, north of the border, aren't you?

[Spencer For Hire]

Rather bizarrely West Yorkshire seems to have its own unofficial Bank Holiday. It's on the Tuesday after one of the May Bank Holidays (can't remember which one) when a lot of workers get the day off. Here in North Yorkshire you can always guarantee the A64 will be stuffed with 'Wessies' heading off to Scarborough on that day.

[tvmercia]

Rather bizarrely West Yorkshire seems to have its own unofficial Bank Holiday. It's on the Tuesday after one of the May Bank Holidays (can't remember which one) when a lot of workers get the day off. Here in North Yorkshire you can always guarantee the A64 will be stuffed with 'Wessies' heading off to Scarborough on that day.

its the same here in brum, sort of. iirc all the council workers (and there are a considerable number of them in birmingham!) get an extra day off in either may or june.

[Square Eyes]

Rather bizarrely West Yorkshire seems to have its own unofficial Bank Holiday. It's on the Tuesday after one of the May Bank Holidays (can't remember which one) when a lot of workers get the day off. Here in North Yorkshire you can always guarantee the A64 will be stuffed with 'Wessies' heading off to Scarborough on that day.

its the same here in brum, sort of. iirc all the council workers (and there are a considerable number of them in birmingham!) get an extra day off in either may or june.

That'll be the same nationwide, it's the privilege day for the Queens Birthday, awarded to civil servants / local government workers.

Good old Queenie.

[Andrew]

Rather bizarrely West Yorkshire seems to have its own unofficial Bank Holiday. It's on the Tuesday after one of the May Bank Holidays (can't remember which one) when a lot of workers get the day off. Here in North Yorkshire you can always guarantee the A64 will be stuffed with 'Wessies' heading off to Scarborough on that day.

A lot of people tend to get Easter Tuesday rather than Good Friday as well.

I've just had a look, Bank Holidays are as follows:

England and Wales - 8

New Year's Day (First weekday in January)
Good Friday
Easter Monday
May Day (1st Monday in May)
Spring Bank (Last Monday in May)
Late Summer (Last Monday in May)
Christmas Day (or weekday if it falls at the weekend)
Boxing Day (or weekday if it falls at the weekend)

Northern Ireland - 10

All England and Wales's plus

St Patrick's Day (17th March)
Battle of the Boyne (12th July)

Scotland - 8

New Year's Day (First weekday in January)
2nd January ((or weekday if it falls at the weekend)
Good Friday
May Day (1st Monday in May)
Spring Bank (Last Monday in May)
Summer (First Monday in May)
Christmas Day (or weekday if it falls at the weekend)
Boxing Day (or weekday if it falls at the weekend)

Does this mean that everybody goes to work as normal on Easter Monday in Scotland?

[Gavin Scott]

Does this mean that everybody goes to work as normal on Easter Monday in Scotland?

You mean with a pounding headache and a vacant gawp on one's face?

[Pete]

My school's "easter holiday" a few years back included us returning to school on Easter Monday.

The 2nd is a marvellous holiday in my opinion.