1971

I have a new favorite year.

1971

Under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, bank holidays are proclaimed each year by the legal device of a royal proclamation. A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom. Banks are closed, most everyone is off work. Royal proclamation is also used to move bank holidays that would otherwise fall on a weekend. In this way, public holidays are not 'lost' in years when they coincide with weekends. These deferred bank holiday days are termed a 'bank holiday in lieu' of the typical anniversary date. In the legislation they are known as 'substitute days'.

In essence, the Queen creates 8 3-day weekends throughout the year.

This weekend is one.

Woo Hoo!