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STONEISLAND 24-03-2005 09:53
St Georges Day
 
Do you think that St Georges Day should become
a public holiday in England ?

http://www.stgeorgesday.com/voting.asp

Not sure weather been posted before? :disturbd:

If so you know what to do admin. :)

I think may been in wrong thred as well? :disturbd:

ScaredWebWarrior 24-03-2005 10:32
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by skunk4u
Do you think that St Georges Day should become
a public holiday in England ?
And Mondays too! ;)

And maybe we should let the Welsh have St. David's?

http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/bankhol.htm

Interesting how they lump England and Wales together - assume things are different in Scotland? They obviously have managed devolution better.

STONEISLAND 24-03-2005 10:38
Re: St Georges Day
 
YES 97.0% :D
NO 2.80% :mad:
MAYBE 0.11% :td:

352056 people have voted so far

Get voting and you never know......

allieyoung666 24-03-2005 10:45
Re: St Georges Day
 
Of course it should and then i get £30 an hr!!!

Russ 24-03-2005 10:59
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by skunk4u
Do you think that St Georges Day should become
a public holiday in England ?
No

bopdude 24-03-2005 11:04
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Russ D
Quote:
Originally Posted by skunk4u
Do you think that St Georges Day should become
a public holiday in England ?
No
Oi you, stick to things that are Welsh ........... j/k, and I say, YES, of course we should have another day off :tu: :p: then I could work it at double time

STONEISLAND 24-03-2005 11:05
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Russ D
No

Why please tell me?

Lew 24-03-2005 11:05
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Russ D
No
Why not?

Gogogo 24-03-2005 11:06
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by skunk4u
Do you think that St Georges Day should become
a public holiday in England ?
http://www.stgeorgesday.com/voting.asp

Not sure whether been posted before? :disturbd:

If so you know what to do admin. :)
I think may been in wrong thred as well? :disturbd:
We do need more public holidays and all the national days, the four nations of the UK, should be public holidays

:)

Russ 24-03-2005 11:08
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by skunk4u
Why please tell me?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lew
Why not?
Because us taffies don't get St David's Day off.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogogo
and all the national days, the four nations of the UK, should be public holidays
:clap:

STONEISLAND 24-03-2005 11:12
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Russ D
Because us taffies don't get St David's Day off.
What are taffies?

In response I think we should have st days of that belong to us.

Russ 24-03-2005 11:14
Re: St Georges Day
 
Taffies are the people who are from taffland.

And no, you don't get one country in the UK having a saint's day off without the other 3 having the same privilege.

philip.j.fry 24-03-2005 11:16
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by skunk4u
In response I think we should have st days of that belong to us.
Why? Shoudn't Saints days belong to those whom they should belong to...in other words those followers of the religion that these people are Saints of? I agree with Gogogo, any more holidays we have need to be universal. What would be really nice is if we could have a world day off :)

SMHarman 24-03-2005 11:21
Re: St Georges Day
 
While we are at it how about getting the queens "official" birthday as a bank holiday? She is our queen just as much as the Aussies, Kiwis, and Kanuks who all take a day off to celebrate their monarchy. I guess as the Civil Service already get the day they can't be bothered to push legislation that will grant it to all.

Maggy 24-03-2005 11:31
Re: St Georges Day
 
Can we have more bank holidays that are not lumped in around May day and Spring bank holiday.It so messes up the school term around that point.

I reckon sometime between August and Crimbo OR sometime between spring Bank holiday and August.

What ever happens they would be tacked onto school holidays... :rolleyes:

STONEISLAND 24-03-2005 11:32
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Incognitas
Can we have more bank holidays that are not lumped in around May day and Spring bank holiday.It so messes up the school term around that point.

I reckon sometime between August and Crimbo OR sometime between spring Bank holiday and August.

What ever happens they would be tacked onto school holidays... :rolleyes:
But we dont all have Schoold holidays. In fact very few of us have hoildays in school terms.......

gazzae 24-03-2005 11:54
Re: St Georges Day
 
We get St Patricks day off over here, don't see any reason why other countries shouldn't get their respective days off.

Halcyon 24-03-2005 11:59
Re: St Georges Day
 
Any extra holiday day off is a good thing so it gets my vote.

allieyoung666 24-03-2005 12:36
Re: St Georges Day
 
We should get it reallly as he is our patron saint and most countries honnor their patron saint so why dont we or is the goverment being tight wads again!!!

Gogogo 24-03-2005 13:08
Re: St Georges Day
 
It is generally accepted that the six week summer break for schools is due for reform and can no longer be justified, the whole education year is in need of change even the universities calendar needs to be better planned. As a worn out, semi-retired teacher myself, don't misunderstand me on this, existing holidays for teachers can be maintained in a new academic year, there are models that can be adapted.

There is a case for more public holidays, each nation within the UK can have its national day and perhaps a UK day in late September to balance things out.

Appeals to governments of whichever party tend to fall on deaf ears as the case will be business can't afford it!


:erm:

allieyoung666 24-03-2005 13:21
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogogo
It is generally accepted that the six week summer break for schools is due for reform and can no longer be justified, the whole education year is in need of change even the universities calendar needs to be better planned. As a worn out, semi-retired teacher myself, don't misunderstand me on this, existing holidays for teachers can be maintained in a new academic year, there are models that can be adapted.

There is a case for more public holidays, each nation within the UK can have its national day and perhaps a UK day in late September to balance things out.

Appeals to governments of whichever party tend to fall on deaf ears as the case will be business can't afford it!


:erm:
I agree why carnt schools do that as then the kids will learn more about the patron saint before they break up and the holidays get nicely spread out, I dread the 6 wks as that is when I cannot work as I am childminding my 2

Tuftus 24-03-2005 13:27
Re: St Georges Day
 
I am all for another bank holiday...

Bring it on!

zoombini 24-03-2005 13:32
Re: St Georges Day
 
Thing is, from what I heard he never even set foot in England, so why is he our PS?

Orior 24-03-2005 15:08
Re: St Georges Day
 
Go live in the north of Ireland. There we get the Glorious 12th of July so as to celebrate Orange triumphalism.

Earl of Bronze 24-03-2005 17:11
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orior
Go live in the north of Ireland. There we get the Glorious 12th of July so as to celebrate Orange triumphalism.
While *locally* the 12th of July parades commerate the Battle of the Boyne, it also represents a wider 17th centurary European issue. Namely religious freedom, and the freedom to worship in whatever church you wished without the treat of persecution. You need to remember that most of the 1600's saw widespread religious wars/persecution in Western Europe.

Oh, and one other thing, Prince William (of Orange) had *Papal Blessing* in his war against King James. Go figure. :erm:

Sorry to take it off topic even further. :angel:

ScaredWebWarrior 24-03-2005 18:56
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zoombini
Thing is, from what I heard he never even set foot in England, so why is he our PS?
I found this: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch...stgeorge3.html

(Which in turn links to http://www.britannia.com/history/stgeorge.html)

Theodoric 26-03-2005 20:46
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior
And Mondays too! ;)

And maybe we should let the Welsh have St. David's?

http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/bankhol.htm

Interesting how they lump England and Wales together - assume things are different in Scotland? They obviously have managed devolution better.
It's all historical. Wales was administratively incorporated into England by Henry VIII in 1536. When the Act of Union of 1707 took place Scotland retained its own laws and suchlike.

Maggy 28-03-2005 13:19
Re: St Georges Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by skunk4u
But we dont all have Schoold holidays. In fact very few of us have hoildays in school terms.......
Well for those of us who do I'd like it just for once for a bank holiday not to be tucked into the school holidays... ;)


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