The Aberdare Carnival, pictured here in 1953, is still run every August
Bank HolidayEvery other August
bank holiday weekend since then has seen at least a bit of rain at some point over the three days.
The official May Day falls on May 1, and the May Day
bank holiday - when many of us get a day off work - always falls on first Monday in May.
And it occurred to me that I have no idea who actually gets to be off work on
Bank Holidays.
Gemma Hiden, chartered town planner for GVA, on behalf of Lidl, said that permission for longer
Bank Holiday opening hours had been requested in the store's original application but it was added in the conditions that it would only be open from 10am until 4pm on
Bank Holidays.
Should I get any pay on a
bank holiday if I don't work?
These days, more shops seem to be open than closed on
bank holidays and they seem to be on different days in different parts of the country, so it was only going to be a matter of time before the banks followed suit and opened their doors.
Trouble is, there is then no
bank holiday relief until August, which has long struck me as odd.
Like any sane person, the words
bank holiday mean only one thing to me - I will not be going anywhere near a motorway, a train station or an airport this weekend.
The company has reported that around twice the number of people have searched for flights to overseas beach resorts for the
bank holiday weekend, compared to the same time last year, while around five times more people are searching for flights for the August
bank holiday than for the weekend of August 11 to 12, this year.
The special
bank holiday takes place on Tuesday June 5 and comes in addition to the existing
bank holiday the previous day - creating a four-day weekend for many businesses to cope with.
Government figures show that
bank holidays are set to cost the UK economy an extra pounds 2.
