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Birchy | 10:21 Sat 25th Sep 2004 | History
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Why half day closing in the old days? And do certain places still do it? It used to be Wednesday afternoons in Old Swan, Liverpool Town....perhaps still is.
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its half day thursday in ilfracombe.
16:47 Sat 25th Sep 2004
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I think it is wednesday as thursday is traditionally market day and you needed the half day to travel to market
19:46 Sat 25th Sep 2004
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this is also the reason why elections are held on a thursday
19:47 Sat 25th Sep 2004
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just found this interesting article on half-day closing. Click here to read.
20:16 Sat 25th Sep 2004
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The reason which I have read for why elections are on Thursdays is because Friday is payday, so therefore by Thursday you can be sure that the peasants have already spent their week's money on beer and have sobered up enough to be able to vote responsibly.
02:57 Sun 26th Sep 2004
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It is half day closing on Wednesday in Garforth, West Yorks.
11:10 Sun 26th Sep 2004
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Wednesday afternoon in Penrith
16:24 Sun 26th Sep 2004
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two weeks in August in Dagenham
16:46 Mon 27th Sep 2004

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