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Could anyone tell me why they call it a bank holiday?? |
and what is the origin of it ? |
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javber26
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The term started out referring to days when banks (in the U.K.) were closed so that bank employees could have a holiday. Before 1834, banks observed 33 days a year as bank holidays, and these were mostly saints' days and the typical church holidays like Christmas and Easter. In 1834, however, bank workers had most of those taken away such that the only holidays left were Good Friday, May 1st, November 1st, and Christmas Day. Yet, someone felt for the poor bank workers, so that in 1871, Sir John Lubbock's Act was passed, naming the following as bank holidays in England and Ireland: Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, and Boxing Day (December 26). In Scotland they got New Year's Day, May Day, the first Monday in August, and Christmas Day. These holidays came to be appropriated by non-bank workers, but the term had already stuck. So, no matter for whom one works, one gets bank holidays. |
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Katie
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Because it is a government holiday i.e. bank, post office, government offices will be closed even though some schools and business will be open as usual. |
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taxed till i die,
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It is when the banks have a days holiday. |
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workin man
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Because bankers are the only ones who get those holidays off. They are histoically known for getting more holiday time than any other industry. |
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shell
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all the banks r closed i think |
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It was in days long gone by just that a day when all the banks closed. This of course meant that certain business's that relied on the banks also had to close for the day. And if they were lucky the staff in large houses and employed in shops may have got half a day off.
Some think we get too many others not enough. |
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JoJo
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Cause the banks close. |
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gatorade
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The occasion is important enough for even for banks to close. Eg: Christmas, New Year... |
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they had a day off. |
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mountie
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Came about as a Union Holiday sorta like "Butcher's Picnic Day".
Many other organizations got it because they couldn't bank their takings on that day, so they declared it a holiday.
Govts got it because they needed another excuse for a day off. Teachers will want it next. |
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