2006-08-26 17:59:09 · 10 answers · asked by lester p 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It goes back to a time when there were very few public holidays and annual leave as we now know it existed. The banks only would have fixed holidays, but these have slowly become public holidays.
Christmas Day was a normal working day for most people until the early 1960's.
Unless it falls between Monday and Friday it is a normal working day for nurses who do not get paid any extra for working Christmas and Boxing Day (if they are on a Saturday and Sunday), and the same for the New Year. The nurses who work on Monday and Tuesday, those being the first working days following the weekend get paid for working public holidays.
So things have not progressed much and the unions agreed to this.
2006-08-26 18:51:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mac 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The banks are closed (usually a Monday).
For whatever reason - probably accounting - Bank's needed to shut their doors for a few days a year.
No-one else could therefore do business and a holiday was declared.
Bank Holidays are therefore one of the types of Public Holiday, but not the only type.
2006-08-27 01:40:49 · answer #2 · answered by Simon D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bank Holidays (UK) are usually on Mondays.in the world of commerce the banks do not open on that DAY!,the term "bank holiday" means exactly that ...the banks are on holiday,no banks (major ones) are closed.You`ll also find that "bank holidays" are public holidays
2006-08-26 20:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by UNDERSTATE M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the banks are always closed? But then, surely all Sundays should be bank holidays? I am sure someone else has given you a far more satisfactory answer.
2006-08-27 09:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by Sally J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the actual banks are all having a gas at the sea-side, all the bank eployees are allowed to go to Chessington World of Adventures, but they have to keep their uniforms and name tags on. It's a quaint custom, but it gets them out for the day, and gives them a genuine reason to smile.
2006-08-27 03:47:26 · answer #5 · answered by superwop2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah because the workers wanted to be able to enjoy some of the summer holidays with their family and the banks started the trend to give workers the monday off, so they could go to the seaside, it started in london with people going to margate and ramsgate because it's where the royals visited. i know because i live here
2006-08-26 18:55:05 · answer #6 · answered by Kirsty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
. . . it all started with Anne Robinson and her programme The Weakest Link - whenever the answer was Holiday one of the contestants called out "bank" . . .
2006-08-27 06:57:03 · answer #7 · answered by Astra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the banks, are transported to the seaside for one day.
so the banks can enjoy one day at the sea.
Its a huge operation moving buildings brick by brick, but its worth it, as these buildings are under huge stress all year.
2006-08-26 19:07:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lots of information about it here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holiday
2006-08-27 01:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by Steve C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno but whoever thought of them is stupid. they are such a waste of bloody time. i mean come on whats ad point of them? there isn't one. god!
2006-08-27 02:28:45 · answer #10 · answered by jiving 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋