On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:42:43 +0000, Ulf.Kutzner@web.de (ulf_kutzner)
wrote:

>Tweed wrote:
>
>> ulf_kutzner <Ulf.Kutzner@web.de> wrote:
>>> Recliner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
>>>>> In message <WLpUN.75861$Rt2.26164@fx10.ams1>, at 08:16:54 on Fri, 19 Apr
>>>>> 2024, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:
>
>
>>>>>> German shops close more often than here.
>>>>>
>>>>> An even longer break at Xmas than here?
>>>
>>>> No, much shorter.
>>>
>>> We don't have an extra bank holiday in December but December 26th is
>>> a public holiday here and in Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle.
>
>
>
>> There’s a list of German public holidays by state here
>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Germany
>
>> Bavaria wins with 13 days
>
>Assumption day is interesting with many
>shoppers travelling between Munich and Ingolstadt.
>
>> England, by comparison, has 8.
>
>Well, having two public holidays on Christmas does
>not make shops close mor often but for longer.
>
>It took some time in Scotland to recognise Dec 25th
>as a holiday, by the way.
>
Scotland had New Year's Day while England did not.

On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:24:51 +0100, Alan Lee <alan@darkroom.plus.com>
wrote:

>On 26/04/2024 16:58, JMB99 wrote:
>> On 25/04/2024 08:42, ulf_kutzner wrote:
>>> It took some time in Scotland to recognise Dec 25th
>>> as a holiday, by the way.
>>
>>
>> They had an extra day at New Year and some places in Scotland still
>> celebrate the Orthodox New Year which means they are in a drunken stupor
>> from New Year's Eve (or even Christmas) until 14th January!
>
>I dont know where you get the 14th Jan from, I've never heard of it.
>
Two days to recover after celebrating Old New Year on the 12th ?

>But
>yes, 1st and 2nd Jan are BH's. But, we dont have Easter Monday, Good
>Friday is a BH, Monday is not.(many places do shut down though)
>We do have the early August bank holiday, the 5th this year,rather than
>the late August one in England/Wales.
>
The banks stick to the English date with the result that in some
places they are the only place open on the August holiday but are
closed on the last Monday when most people are working and the shops
are open.

>Also, the Scottish Parliament made St. Andrews day a BH, but it isnt
>compulsory, and no one bothers with it.
>So an equal amount as England, 8 days.

On 26/04/2024 18:24, Alan Lee wrote:
> I dont know where you get the 14th Jan from, I've never heard of it.

Orthodox New Year, there is a place a few miles from here where they
still celebrate it.

JMB99 wrote:

> On 25/04/2024 08:42, ulf_kutzner wrote:
>> It took some time in Scotland to recognise Dec 25th
>> as a holiday, by the way.

> They had an extra day at New Year and some places in Scotland still
> celebrate the Orthodox New Year which means they are in a drunken stupor
> from New Year's Eve (or even Christmas) until 14th January!

Reminds places in Eastern Europe...

Regards, ULF

On 08/04/2024 07:45, JMB99 wrote:
> Concerns that the service between Ayr and Stranraer might never be
> restored.
>
> The passengers forgotten after Ayr Station Hotel fire
>
> "Rail users in Stranraer fear they may not see trains return to the
> tracks after a hotel fire 50 miles away closed the line for six months.
>
> A deliberate blaze closed Ayr railway station in September, and people
> who use the Stranraer route say they have been left "feeling forgotten"."

BBC News

Demolition of Ayr Station Hotel halted after legal challenge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce7rejn478ro