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United Kingdom of G.B. & N. Ireland (Cornwall) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Measurements follow the imperial system
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday may 6, 2024 | Early May Bank Holiday | Secular holiday |  |
| Monday may 27, 2024 | Spring Bank Holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Friday may 31, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday june 10, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Wednesday july 24, 2024 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday august 26, 2024 | Summer Bank Holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Monday september 2, 2024 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday october 25, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Sunday october 27, 2024 | Daylight Saving Time | Special Events | |
| Monday november 4, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday november 10, 2024 | Poppy Day | Events, celebrations... | |
| Monday november 11, 2024 | 2 minutes of silence | Special Events | |
Early May Bank Holiday
-Monday may 6, 2024
Secular holiday : The Bank of England observed about 33 saints' days and religious festivals as holidays, but in 1834 this was reduced to four May 1 (May Day), November 1 (All Saints' Day), Good Friday and Christmas Day.
In 1871, the Bank Holidays Act 1871 was introduced. It stated that no person was compelled to make any payment or to do any act upon a bank holiday which he would not be compelled to do or make on Christmas Day or Good Friday.
100 years later the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 was passed, specifying the majority of the current bank holidays, although New Year's Day and May Day were not introduced throughout the whole of the UK until 1974 and 1978.
Spring Bank Holiday
-Monday may 27, 2024
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
-Friday may 31, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday june 10, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday july 24, 2024
School holidays :
Summer Bank Holiday
-Monday august 26, 2024
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (end)
-Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
-Friday october 25, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
-Sunday october 27, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday november 4, 2024
School holidays :
Poppy Day
-Sunday november 10, 2024
Culture : Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear an artificial poppy. They are sold by the Royal British Legion, a charity dedicated to helping war veterans, although they do not have a fixed price - they rely on donations.
The poppies are worn because in World War One the Western Front contained in the soil thousands of poppy seeds, all lying dormant. They would have lain there for years more, but the battles being fought there churned up the soil so much that the poppies bloomed like never before. The most famous bloom of poppies in the war was in Ypres, a town in Flanders, Belgium, which was crucial to the Allied defence. There were three battles there, but it was the second, which was calamitous to the allies since it heralded the first use of the new chlorine gas the Germans were experimenting with, which brought forth the poppies in greatest abundance, and inspired the Canadian soldier, Major John McCrae, to write his most famous poem. This, in turn, inspired the British Legion to adopt the poppy as their emblem. BBC
2 minutes of silence
-Monday november 11, 2024
Special Events : Commemorates the day that World War One ended in 1918, when the armistice was signed in Compiègne, Northern France, at 5am. Six hours later, the fighting stopped, and to commemorate this there is a two minute silence at 11:00 am
