Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Traffic Warden out in force today | |
Posted by: | Barry Jacques | |
Date/Time: | 06/04/15 11:19:00 |
I'm no expert but from reviewing documents on the web, it appears that neither the 1871 Act (which gave us the the first 4 Bank Holidays) nor the 1971 Act (which replaced it) included Good Friday and Christmas Day as bank holidays in England, Wales, or Ireland because they were already recognised as common law holidays: they had been customary holidays since before records began. The 1871 Act listed the first four Bank Holidays as Easter Monday, Whit Monday, first Monday in August and Boxing Day. The 1971 Act changed Whit Monday to the last Monday in May and moved the first Monday in August to the last. New Years Day was added as a Bank Holiday in 1974 and the first Monday in May was added as a Bank Holiday in 1978. So no, Good Friday is not a Bank Holiday which presumably is why the meters usually state 'Bank Holidays and Public Holidays'. |