May day holiday
 

just out of curiosity was today a holiday in the UK for May day ? think it is in some of the other European States

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no steeljack, we have that on the 7th, a bank holiday:D

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Next Monday.

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I believe it was 300 years ago today that the Kingdom of Great Britain, made up of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, came into being.

Something to ponder in these days of devolution.

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did they?....something else ive learnt:rolleyes:

tell ya im british and know naf all about the history:o

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Always the 1st monday in May,so next Monday.It usually rains.:) :(

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Always wanted to be the May Queen, but never was :(

Loved the Maypole though. Anyone doing that these days ? All those lovely ribbons and the pattern it made around the pole ..luverly.

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http://www.4qf.org/_Beltaine/_Img/MayPole%20Dance.jpg:rolleyes:

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Thanks for the photo, Panther. Ah, those were the days. Bet you don't see much of that going on now, eh?

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That's the one Panther, thanks .. woe betide anyone who went under instead of over eh ?

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We have May Queen Day in our village, with a May Queen, a Rose Queen, a carnival parade with floats and bands, a fete and Maypole dancing. It's a lovely day out - but it's always held on the 2nd Saturday in June! :confused:

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Today is a holiday in 21 other countries just not ours, thats according to my diary anyway.

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Cant quite remember but is there two bank holidays in May? The first Monday and the last Monday.

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i remember doing the maypole at moorend when i was very ickle

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I Think Thats When All The Sunday Schools Had Their Walking Day...then Tea And Buns In The Fields....oh We Had A Good Time When We Were Kids..

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Less of the European States rubbish, Hyndburn is in England. :mad:

I am English. If I fill in a form and you can only tick British I will tick other and write English. :D

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The Scottish parliament was dissolved by the last Scottish monarch on 28th April 1707. By the terms of the Act of Union England and Scotland became, in sense, one country. Anne became the first Queen of Great Britain with the succession going over to the House of Hanover on her death - exactly what the English wanted. There was full economic union, the Scots were granted 45 seats in the House of Commons and 16 peers in the upper house. This was not a fair reflection of the population difference between the two countries or on the contribution toward the now combined revenue. There was a compensation of £398,085 10 s (English value) for agreeing to share responsibility for England's national debt. The money was intended to compensate those who had lost out? due to the Act, but it was little more than a bribe paid.

The only benificiaries from this were a few Scottish Lords. Scots say that they were bought to create the Union and not defeated in battle. It is Ironic that it was Scotlands urge to have colinies in the Americas that help force this on the nation as it was almost bankrupt.

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It was bankrupt. Scotland was a complete and utter economic basket case, the 17th/18th century equivalent of Zimbabwe. The only reason that Scotland entered a union with England was so that the English could bail them out; we have been doing that every year for the last three hundred.

The sooner Scotland withdraws from the Union, the better. I am sick to the teeth of having to see English money go north of the border in order to see the ungrateful tartan mob do nothing but whinge, whine and waste our coin. Let 'em have their independance; within a year or two they will have reverted to what they once where - fit for nowt, other than distilling whisky and rustling cattle.

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I wondered if anyone if anyone would pick-up on that ;) ;) :D :D