Wake Weeks - Page 3

gdm27 · 06-12-2013, 21:07

Was looking at a book the other day on Wake Weeks when one after the other 3 people ranging from 18 to 47 hadn't heard of wake weeks???? Back when we had them (wake weeks) we thought the Isle Of man was abroad!

maxthecollie · 06-12-2013, 21:12

Don't tell me it isn't

jaysay · 07-12-2013, 14:53

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Don't tell me it isn't

Its stamped on my passport Frank

Retlaw · 07-12-2013, 15:36

In WW1 men who were posted to Ireland were not entitled to the Victory Medal or the War Medal, because they had not served over seas.
Yet if they crossed the English Channel, and were there more than 24 hours you qualified.
Neither place was a holiday camp

Judith Addison · 07-12-2013, 17:35

Wakes Weeks still exist to some extent. Some small family businesses in Oswaldtwistle still observe them in July and September. My Dad worked in the cotton industry. He always told me Accrington Fortnight started the 3rd Saturday in July and the September Holiday was fixed by the 3rd Monday. I think originally Accrington had a week in July and Blackburn had a week - can't remember which came first. Gradually the two merged and both Accrington & Blackburn got the same fortnight.

Barrie Yates · 07-12-2013, 17:46

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Wakes Weeks still exist to some extent. Some small family businesses in Oswaldtwistle still observe them in July and September. My Dad worked in the cotton industry. He always told me Accrington Fortnight started the 3rd Saturday in July and the September Holiday was fixed by the 3rd Monday. I think originally Accrington had a week in July and Blackburn had a week - can't remember which came first. Gradually the two merged and both Accrington & Blackburn got the same fortnight.

22nd July was always in Accrington Wakes week, I remember it as a 2 week holiday, certainly during the '50s. Burnley had the two previous weeks.

jaysay · 09-12-2013, 18:45

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22nd July was always in Accrington Wakes week, I remember it as a 2 week holiday, certainly during the '50s. Burnley had the two previous weeks.

Rossendall had the Last week in Burnley first week in Accy

Aussie Irene · 10-12-2013, 03:17

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22nd July was always in Accrington Wakes week, I remember it as a 2 week holiday, certainly during the '50s. Burnley had the two previous weeks.

I seem to recall that one year in the early 60s it was brought forward to the end of June, for what reason i just cannot remember. Someone may remember. The following year it went back to the previous years. The reason the jocks caused havoc in Blackpool was because in those days the pubs closed at 9o'clock in Glasgow. In Blackpool it was 10-30, but they still drank their whiskey chasers at the same rate, but with a extra one and a half hours drinking time.

Barrie Yates · 10-12-2013, 17:13

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I seem to recall that one year in the early 60s it was brought forward to the end of June, for what reason i just cannot remember. Someone may remember. The following year it went back to the previous years. The reason the jocks caused havoc in Blackpool was because in those days the pubs closed at 9o'clock in Glasgow. In Blackpool it was 10-30, but they still drank their whiskey chasers at the same rate, but with a extra one and a half hours drinking time.

Wouldn't know about the early '60s as I fled the nest in early '61 - a big wide world and greener pastures to explore

JCB · 10-12-2013, 17:44

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I seem to recall that one year in the early 60s it was brought forward to the end of June, for what reason i just cannot remember. Someone may remember. The following year it went back to the previous years. The reason the jocks caused havoc in Blackpool was because in those days the pubs closed at 9o'clock in Glasgow. In Blackpool it was 10-30, but they still drank their whiskey chasers at the same rate, but with a extra one and a half hours drinking time.

The Unions thought there would be better weather in June .

gdm27 · 10-12-2013, 18:10

Who was it that decided when towns had their wake weeks?

jaysay · 10-12-2013, 18:37

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Who was it that decided when towns had their wake weeks?

The Mill owners I should think

yerself · 12-12-2013, 12:54

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Who was it that decided when towns had their wake weeks?

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The Mill owners I should think

I thought the same as jaysay, that it was an agreement between the mill owners of the area. I did a search and found the following article:

Wakes Weeks: From the Saints to the Sea

cashman · 12-12-2013, 13:21

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I thought the same as jaysay, that it was an agreement between the mill owners of the area. I did a search and found the following article:

Wakes Weeks: From the Saints to the Sea

And historians are always moaning about "Hard Times" twas banned in 1571 fer drinking n revelling, don't seem very hard to me.

jaysay · 12-12-2013, 18:23

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I thought the same as jaysay, that it was an agreement between the mill owners of the area. I did a search and found the following article:

Wakes Weeks: From the Saints to the Sea

Thanks for that yerself, very interesting