St George Banned By Banner!?

[Booldawg]

We always have a Year Planner supplied by Banner at work. Sits on the wall and people put their leave etc on it.

Noticed that St. Andrew, St David and St Patricks day are marked on there by Banner - but not St Georges Day.

Is this because St Georges Day isn't a public holiday? Subsequent Banner year planners have had it marked up but its been dropped for 2015.

[ummmm]

The other saints days are not public holidays in England either.

Strange...

[Booldawg]

I'm aware that St Andrew and St Patrick are public holiday in their respective countries, can understand why they're marked on there. Don't think St David is a public holiday in Wales?

[jno]

is is made in England? Perhaps the idea is to alert you to other people's national days but assume you know your own? (A wild assumption, I would have thought.)

[anneasquith]

who ?

[Booldawg]

I should imagine its aimed at the whole GB market. Banner provide a lot of government/military establishments with stationary. The omission just seems odd; as I said, its been on previous wall charts.

[jno]

you need this calendar, it's got everything

http://www.bankholidaydates.co.uk/GreatBritain/2016.aspx

Who'd have thought April Fools Day would be a holiday next year? And Emmeline Pankhurst Day - about time too.

[Jackdaw33]

St Andrew's Day is not a public holiday in Scotland.
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[Booldawg]

didn't realize that Jackdaw. Its marked up as 'St. Andrews Holiday, Scotland' on our wall planner. I assumed this meant a day off in Scotland.

[New Judge]

It's because St George is the patron saint of England. Ask many English people when St George's day is and you'd be surprised how many don't know. Ask them when St Paddy's day is and they have it committed to memory because they get half price Guiness in the pub.

[jno]

if St George cut the price of fizzy ale, perhaps he'd be remembered too, then?

[ummmm]

And I've never got a half price Guinness in my life!.

[jno]

I got a free one at the brewery in Dublin, ummmm. But I suppose when you count the air fare it wasn't all that free.

[ummmm]

And the price of getting in! I really enjoyed it though.

[jno]

good view from upstairs. Plus it was snowing out there and nice and warm inside.

[jno]

sorry, Booldawg, I'm getting a bit off-topic on a serious question.

Probably just an error, perhaps caused by over-familiarity on the part of the compilers: you remember the things you have to work to remember.