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Forum: Questions and Answers 02-03-2007, 18:03

Replies: 20 ACCY Holidays Views: 816 Posted By garinda Re: ACCY Holidays Last year for the first time ever, some of the school holidays in Hyndburn didn't coincide with the offical Wakes Weeks.

Forum: Questions and Answers 02-03-2007, 17:46

Replies: 20 ACCY Holidays Views: 816 Posted By garinda Re: ACCY Holidays Edited. Yerself was right, and I was wrong...and need glasses. Sorry.:D

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-02-2007, 23:27

Replies: 20 ACCY Holidays Views: 816 Posted By garinda Re: ACCY Holidays Yes neighbouring towns had staggered holidays. Which may have been a curse or a blessing, if you worked in Accrington, and your wife worked in Burnley, for instance.:D

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-02-2007, 18:58

Replies: 20 ACCY Holidays Views: 816 Posted By garinda Re: ACCY Holidays It usually started in Accy around the week commencing the 14th of July. Lots of people around here got married then, so they could use the holiday as their honeymoon.

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-02-2007, 14:57

Replies: 20 ACCY Holidays Views: 816 Posted By garinda Re: ACCY Holidays Our family bakers in Ossy still keeps to the Accy Wakes weeks holidays, as do a few small shops, were it isn't practical to have staggered holidays. I think originally it was introduced by the...

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-02-2007, 14:50

Replies: 20 ACCY Holidays Views: 816 Posted By garinda Re: ACCY Holidays No it's nothing like that now. Most people's holidays are staggered. Even twenty years ago most shops closed down for the fortnight, and you could only buy newspapers from a man at the bus station.

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