What is a "Bank Holiday"?

Lili Tuggle-Weir
Sep 15, 2014
1 min read

We didn't watch any Cliff Richards re-runs but just in case you're curious about what a "bank holiday" is here you go:

"A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, some Commonwealth countries, other European countries such as Switzerland, and a colloquialism for a public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although banks close and the majority of the working population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract. The first official bank holidays were the four days named in the Bank Holidays Act 1871, but today the term is colloquially (albeit incorrectly) used for public holidays which are not officially bank holidays, for example Good Friday and Christmas Day."

And thanks to today I now get this Doctor Who reference! Haha

The Doctor: {he rides out on a moped.} You goin' my way, doll?

Rose: Is there any other way to go, Daddi-o? Straight from the fridge, man!

The Doctor: Ah, you speak the lingo!

Rose: Yeah, well, me, Mum and Cliff Richard movies every Bank Holiday Monday.

The Doctor: Ah, Cliff. I knew your mother would be a Cliff fan!