When it was the norm to work new years day

[slotter47]

Don't remember when it became a bank holiday but when everyone was up until at least midnight we all had to turn in for work next morning.

[stpetre]

Don't remember when it became a bank holiday but when everyone was up until at least midnight we all had to turn in for work next morning.

 

I think Jan 1st. 1964 might be the first time that was a holiday. In Scotland it was but not Christmas day for them. It was around that time that all Britain aligned and recognized the two days.

[lectrolove]

It became a holiday in 1974. I thought they made it a holiday because hardly anyone bothered going in to work anyway?

[hillsbro]

It became a holiday in 1974. I thought they made it a holiday because hardly anyone bothered going in to work anyway?

Could well be. In the early 1970s I was a bank messenger, and although I was trying to deliver letters on New Year's Day, all the shops and offices were closed. It was the opposite on Good Friday - although it was a bank holiday most of the shops were open and Royal Mail delivered the post. It was indeed 1974 when New Year's Day became a Bank Holiday in England; at the same time Boxing Day became a bank holiday in Scotland (until then Christmas Day was a bank holiday there but Boxing Day wasn't).

[slotter47]

Thanks for the info guys, also recall in my first office job we had to work Saturday mornings.

[grandad owl]

Was a milkman early seventies ( express dairies ) and xmas and new years day was mostly normal working days

[stpetre]

Could well be. In the early 1970s I was a bank messenger, and although I was trying to deliver letters on New Year's Day, all the shops and offices were closed. It was the opposite on Good Friday - although it was a bank holiday most of the shops were open and Royal Mail delivered the post. It was indeed 1974 when New Year's Day became a Bank Holiday in England; at the same time Boxing Day became a bank holiday in Scotland (until then Christmas Day was a bank holiday there but Boxing Day wasn't).

 

Thank you Mr.H. and I meant 1974 (not 1964) but I messed the Boxing Day thing up.

[Kidorry]

For us New years day was a penalty day,if you were late or knocked you lost your holiday pay( I think it was holiday pay).

[Bodie]

Was a milkman early seventies ( express dairies ) and xmas and new years day was mostly normal working days

 

I was at co-op late seventies and it was the same

[jackanne]

My first day at work,after leaving school was 1st january 1963,£3-10s for a 46 hour week!