Wishing everyone a.....................
Did you know that January 1st became a Public Holiday in England in 1974, mainly because of all the absenteeism due to people staying up far too late and drinking too much! ............ It wasn't me!
Thank you to everyone who has read the blog through yet another year and to new readers too, all around the world. Thank you to all who comment regularly or just now and again.
And another big Thank You to everyone else who write interesting blogs for us all to read.
Thank you for all the 'Happy New Year' wishes yesterday.
Looking forward to new adventures in 2026.
Happy New Year!
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ReplyDeleteI never knew that about January 1st!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year and many thanks for blogging
Happy New Year! May it be a healthy and happy one for you. I really appreciate your varied and interesting blog. Thank you. Charmaine
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ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Sue
ReplyDeleteAnd did you know that Christmas Day became a public holiday in Scotland in 1958? Happy 2026 to you and your family, Sue, and good health and happiness to you all. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI did not know that the New Years Day holiday was such a relatively new thing. Thank you so much for your good wishes on my blog, thank you too for all your interesting posts over the course of the last year ... even when you said you had run out of ideas. Here's to another year of blogging from lots of us. Happy New Year. xx
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ReplyDeleteI knew the New Year’s Day bank holiday was a recent thing because back in the day I worked for C&A (a clothing store) so the Ist January was always the first day of the sales. However I couldn’t have told you when it changed so thanks Sue for reminding me. Also thanks for blogging. Wishing everyone a Happy Healthy 2026. June
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you! Updated my computer so now I can comment again. Yay!
ReplyDeleteIn the north of England people routinely got New Year's day off, and when my sister worked at ICI, a newly opened branch, with a southern hq the Londoner management panicked when nobody showed up on January 1st. They contacted police to find out if there'd been some disaster! After that everyone was informed that it was a regular working day, to their dismay.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a good and healthy new year!
ReplyDeleteAnother year older and another year wiser!
ReplyDeleteWishing you all the best for 2026.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the posts filled with lots of interesting stories and facts.
Your writing is always very much appreciated.
Wishing you a happy, healthy 2026 with plenty of exploring and blogging.
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ReplyDeleteGelukkig Nieuwjaar!
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