new years day became a bank holiday in 1939.
new years day became a bank holiday in 1939.
when did new years day become a bank holiday?
1939
a century after the 1871 act, the banking and financial dealings act 1971, which currently regulates bank holidays in the uk, was passed. the majority of the current bank holidays were specified in the 1971 act: however new year's day and may day were not introduced throughout the whole of the uk until 1974 and 1978 respectively. the date of the august bank holiday was changed from the first monday in august to the last monday in august, and the whitsun bank holiday (whit monday) was replaced by the late spring bank holiday, fixed as the last monday in may. in 1978 the first monday in may in the rest of the uk, and the final monday of may in scotland, were designated as bank holidays.
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new years day formed in late 2005, after bassist adam lohrbach left the band home grown. lohrbach carried over the many emotional elements present in home grown's final 2004 ep "when it all comes down" and cultivated it into new material for new years day. meeting with lead vocalist ashley "ash" costello and guitarist/keyboardist keith drover, the three friends wrote and rehearsed songs about their difficult and emotional relationship break-ups. soon after, the group produced a two-song demo and invited a mutual friend of the group, eric seilo, to play bass during their 2005 tours. ultimately, seilo left new years day at the end of 2005 to pursue higher education. after acquiring former wakefield guitarist mike schoolden and drummer russell dixon, the group decided to call themselves new years day. the name was chosen in 2005 as a symbol of the fresh start they all hoped and desired for as a band.
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