Labour Day

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Labor/Labour Day
Holiday
Random Joke
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Finish with a Song

Happy Labor Day to my American chums.
You have Labor day we have Bank Holidays.

Our last one was last week 28th August.

So why are yours called Labor Day?

Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. It honours the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, laws and well-being of the country. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day Weekend and it is considered the unofficial end of summer in the United States. 

So why are ours called Bank Holiday's?

In the early nineteenth century, the bank of England had observed around 33 saints' days and religious festivals as holidays. By 1834, this had been reduced to just four.

Bank holidays were first introduced by the Bank Holidays Act of 1871, which designated four holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and five in Scotland.

It has been suggested by some that the term 'Bank' was used in favour of 'Public' as it gave the holidays more importance, and that if banks shut, then other businesses would do the same.

Allegedly the four English holidays were picked by the MP Sir John Lubbock as they coincided with cricket matches.

These were Easter Monday, the first Monday in August, the 26th December, and Whit Monday (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and New Year's Day, Good Friday, the first Monday in May, the first Monday in August, and Christmas Day (Scotland).

Holiday

Take a day to rest your
head
To laze about or stay in
bed

Take a walk smell the 
flowers
Use your senses all 
your powers

Play or rest don't try not 
to work
Sing and dance I think
I'll twerk!

Spend time with family
friends and folks
Catch up on stories
tales and jokes

One day to celebrate and
take some time
For yourself just you
Hey that's no crime!

Random Joke of The Day

B.B.C News: In a new study "Humans eat more bananas than monkeys".  To be honest, I can't remember the last time I ate a monkey.

The brain is our fattiest organ, it's composed of 60% fat !!



Finish with a Song

This is Madonna with Holiday released in 1983