Fi Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Is Monday (1st June) yet another public holiday? I know the sous-prefecture is closed because I was going to sort out my driving license, but other people seem to be a slightly non-committal..... I suppose I should ask at school but the monsters usually make their own way there and back and I have to plant the runner beans, so I am wearing gardening clothes which are not for public consumption. Thrills and spills.Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Most shops around here are closed on a Monday anyway. Local Leclerc will be shut which is unusual - or at least I don't recall it happening in previous years.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 [quote user="Fi"]Is Monday (1st June) yet another public holiday? [/quote]It would seem so as it is marked in red on my calendar, just as Ascension (May 21) was and Victoire 1945 (May 8) was.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Pentecost Monday used to be a public holiday until 2005 when it was changed to a day of solidarity where people worked for no pay to support the elderly and disabled. Following objections and public demonstrations, the day of solidarity idea was abandoned and it reverted back to a normal public holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 I thought so. Many thanks. Back to the beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 It's Whit Monday...Isn't that a Bank Holiday in the UK too (even if given a different name) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Yes but it was last monday (25th May) being the last Monday in May.Isn't it renamed to 'Late spring Bank Hol' or some such nonsense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mme poivre Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 late srping bank hol or half term [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Trunk Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 The English, who have an Established State Church, abandoned Whitsun and secularized it as the Spring Bank Holiday. The French, who are determinedly secular, keep the Monday after Pentecost as a holiday, as they do Ascension Thursday, and the Assumption, and Toussaint. Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 We were at the giant Atlantis Centre at St Herblain, Nantes yesterday and I noticed the Lelclerc store and associated shops are all closed on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 [quote user="Edward Trunk"]The English, who have an Established State Church, abandoned Whitsun and secularized it as the Spring Bank Holiday. The French, who are determinedly secular, keep the Monday after Pentecost as a holiday, as they do Ascension Thursday, and the Assumption, and Toussaint. Who can explain it? Who can tell you why?[/quote]They're hedging their bets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owens88 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Whereas Super U are opening for the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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