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MAILMAN84
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We off tomorrow?

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Hey guys,

I've been on hols and have no idea if Scottish Posties are off tomorrow, May 5th. Are we?
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LOL thanx, oh well no panic then :-)
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This is your lot for 2008.

New Year's Day - 1st January

Second of January - 2nd January

Good Friday Bank Holiday - 21st March

Easter Monday Bank Holiday - 24th March

Early May Bank Holiday - 5th May

Spring Bank Holiday - 26th May

Summer Bank Holiday - 4th August

Christmas Day Bank Holiday 25th December

Boxing Day Bank Holiday - 26th December
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POSTMAN wrote:
This is your lot for 2008.

New Year's Day - 1st January

Second of January - 2nd January

Good Friday Bank Holiday - 21st March

Easter Monday Bank Holiday - 24th March

Early May Bank Holiday - 5th May

Spring Bank Holiday - 26th May

Summer Bank Holiday - 4th August

Christmas Day Bank Holiday 25th December

Boxing Day Bank Holiday - 26th December
Plus St Patricks Day - 17th March & The 12th Of July :Very Happy :Very Happy :Very Happy
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We lost Good Friday years ago. Who still gets it?
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Throgg wrote:We lost Good Friday years ago. Who still gets it?
We still get it :Very Happy Off on Friday in on Saturday off again on Monday :sad:
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Wish they make Easter Eve off and a day off in Late October and St George Day.
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Throgg wrote:
We lost Good Friday years ago. Who still gets it?


We still get it Off on Friday in on Saturday off again on Monday
So what do we in Scotland get in place of Good Friday?
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I forgot, we also get the 13th of July :nana (it's a day for the Orangemen to recover I think)
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Throgg wrote:
Throgg wrote:
We lost Good Friday years ago. Who still gets it?


We still get it Off on Friday in on Saturday off again on Monday
So what do we in Scotland get in place of Good Friday?
an extra day at new year - I think you go back one day after the rest of us.
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TBT is right, if you wanted the good friday you would have lost the 2nd of january, i think we all deserve an extra day or two myself :Very Happy
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Throgg wrote:
Throgg wrote:
We lost Good Friday years ago. Who still gets it?


We still get it Off on Friday in on Saturday off again on Monday
So what do we in Scotland get in place of Good Friday?
About another £40 billion from London tax payers.
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POSTMAN wrote:
This is your lot for 2008.

New Year's Day - 1st January

Second of January - 2nd January

Good Friday Bank Holiday - 21st March

Easter Monday Bank Holiday - 24th March

Early May Bank Holiday - 5th May

Spring Bank Holiday - 26th May

Summer Bank Holiday - 4th August

Christmas Day Bank Holiday 25th December

Boxing Day Bank Holiday - 26th December
I don't think the 4th August is a bank holiday but correct me if I'm wrong?
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It would be last Monday of August (25th)
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Wild Cat wrote:I don't think the 4th August is a bank holiday but correct me if I'm wrong?
Just checking but it is on some list as 4 Aug 08 but a government one lists it as 25 Aug 08 - I guess we will have to wait till August.
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