After the recent "Brexit" vote (No I am not doing a political thread) it was suggested we had an "Independence day" holiday. particularly as the UK is rather short on Public Holidays compared to its neighbours
I would like to slightly amend this. I suggest that we have a Public Holiday for each of out Colonies that we have graciously given Independence to. This would give us an additional 53 public holidays
Australia, Brunei,Sudan 01-Jan 1901
Myanmar 04-Jan 1948
Nauru 31-Jan 1968
Sri Lanka 04-Feb 1948
Grenada 07-Feb 1974
The Gambia 18-Feb 1965
Saint Lucia 22-Feb 1979
Kuwait 25-Feb 1961
Egypt 28-Feb 1922
Ghana 06-Mar 1957
Mauritius 12-Mar 1968
Zimbabwe 18-Apr 1980
Sierra Leone 27-Apr 1961
Israel 14-May 1948
Jordan 25-May 1946
Guyana 26-May 1966
Tonga 04-Jun 1970
Seychelles 29-Jun 1976
Canada 01-Jul 1867
Malawi 06-Jul 1964
Solomon Islands 07-Jul 1978
The Bahamas 10-Jul 1973
Kiribati 12-Jul 1979
Maldives 26-Jul 1965
Vanuatu 30-Jul 1980
Jamaica 06-Aug 1962
Pakistan 14-Aug 1947
Bahrain,India 15-Aug 1971
Afghanistan Aug-19 1919
Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago 31-Aug 1957
Qatar, United States 03-Sep 1971
Swaziland 06-Sep 1968
Saint Kitts and Nevis 19-Sep 1983
Malta 21-Sep 1964
Belize 22-Sep 1981
New Zealand 26-Sep 1907
Botswana 30-Sep 1966
Cyprus ,Nigeria, Tuvalu 01-Oct 1960
Iraq 03-Oct 1932
Lesotho 04-Oct 1966
Uganda 09-Oct 1962
Fiji 10-Oct 1970
Zambia 24-Oct 1964
Saint Vincent and Grenadine 27-Oct 1979
Antigua and Barbuda 01-Nov 1982
Dominica 03-Nov 1978
Barbados, Yemen 30-Nov 1966
United Arab Emirates 02-Dec 1971
Tanzania 09-Dec 1961
South Africa 11-Dec 1910
Kenya 12-Dec 1963
Cyprus ,Nigeria, Tuvalu 01-Oct 1960 -typical, British Empire give away, buy one, give two away free!
Can we split these three please, say 1st, 2nd & 3rd Oct, then since my Grandad was heavily involved in Nigeria's independence negotiations (MBE from the Nigerian Government) , I can have my birthday in October off! :d
Australia's main one is 26th Jan. Same for India
Quotemy Grandad was heavily involved in Nigeria's independence negotiations
So was my old boss, Chief Adesoye, so they must have known each other. Small world and all that...
Quote from: Fenton on 05 July 2016, 08:02:29 AM
Australia's main one is 26th Jan. Same for India
These are the dates that they were granted independence not necessarily their Independence day. eg USA is the date the Treaty of Paris was signed.
Well I think it's a grand idea!
They could be called "Take the money and run" days.
Quote from: Steve J on 05 July 2016, 08:33:58 AM
So was my old boss, Chief Adesoye, so they must have known each other. Small world and all that...
James Whalley, First Secretary to Abu Baker
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 July 2016, 01:46:01 PM
They could be called "Take the money and run" days.
:) Yes, indeed, FK. Yes, indeed.
When do we have Scottish and Welsh independence days then ?
IanS
Quote from: ianrs54 on 06 July 2016, 02:12:27 PM
When do we have Scottish and Welsh independence days then ?
IanS
As soon as possible :)