May day bank holiday

[Norrin Radd]

So may day bank holiday isn't the first Monday in may this year ,it's on a Friday
Anyone know why they have done this?

 

[Imurg]

It coincides with VE celebrations.....

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Can we not just move it until a date in September? The day, the celebrations, everything. The one in May is just pointless right now.

(okay, I know we wont but I'm allowed a ramble in the current climate)

 

[jim8flog]

August the 15th would have made more sense but unfortunately this year that is a Saturday.

 

[pauljames87]

So may day bank holiday isn't the first Monday in may this year ,it's on a Friday
Anyone know why they have done this?

Ironically they moved it to save the cost of having another bank holiday...

That cost is like throwing a deckchair of the Titanic now

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Ironically they moved it to save the cost of having another bank holiday...

That cost is like throwing a deckchair of the Titanic now

Or as Billy Connolly put it when musing on the use of a pillow when the aircraft he's in is heading towards a mountain - and he'd rather have a parachute - he'd throw the pillow and shout 'go away nasty mountain'

 

[Orikoru]

I kind of wish all bank holidays were Fridays. Not withstanding the current situation, but generally wouldn't you rather have a Friday off than a Monday? That way it feels more like an extra Saturday, rather than a really prolonged Sunday.

 

[Dan2501]

I kind of wish all bank holidays were Fridays. Not withstanding the current situation, but generally wouldn't you rather have a Friday off than a Monday? That way it feels more like an extra Saturday, rather than a really prolonged Sunday.

Nope. My company only works half a day on a Friday, so feels like half a day off lost

 

[IanM]

Blimey..tough crowd in here tonight!

Apologies for marking VE Day!

 

[jim8flog]

I kind of wish all bank holidays were Fridays. Not withstanding the current situation, but generally wouldn't you rather have a Friday off than a Monday? That way it feels more like an extra Saturday, rather than a really prolonged Sunday.

Except for those people who work on Saturday one day off back to work one off back to work.

The original idea was to give everybody 2 days off in a row because most people worked a 6 days week back then.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Scotland has a different Bank Holiday structure to England & Wales.
They have local holidays based on historical dates.
For example in Ayrshire we have one in October for a horse race meeting.
Takes a bit of getting used to as nobody has much of an idea what happens were and when. eg Ayr can have a holiday but Stranraer not.
I think some parts of the highlands and islands still follow the old tradition of early closing days for shops on Wednesdays.