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The Public Holidays and Bank Holidays (Jersey) Act 2010 further laid down that Liberation was also to be a public holiday if it falls on a Saturday. [10] It is not a public holiday, and no day off in lieu is provided, if it falls on a Sunday. [11] Liberation Day is also a public holiday in Guernsey, according to the Public Holidays Ordinance 1994.
Jersey will be celebrating the 80th Liberation Day on Friday 9 May this year with a two-day concert and sporting events. A total of 2,007 voted in favour of Liberation Day becoming the official ...
A new two-day music festival and sporting events have been announced as part of plans to celebrate the 80th Liberation Day in Jersey. The occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany during ...
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This is a list of regular public holidays in Jersey. [1] Jersey has the same public holidays as the United Kingdom - plus an extra day on 9 May, to mark Liberation Day (ignoring special holidays like the Corn Riots Anniversary in 2021). If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a substitute weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday.
Liberation Day Guernsey (Channel Islands) May 9: 1945 Liberation from Nazi Germany [6] Liberation Day Hungary: April 4: 1945 Siege of Budapest, celebrated between 1950 and 1989 (no longer a holiday as of 1990) Liberation Day Hong Kong: Last Monday in August: 1945 Liberation from Japan, [7] celebrated between 1945 and 1996 (no longer a holiday ...
A nine-year-old boy raised more than £300 for Jersey Mind in August by selling his artwork [BBC] Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook . Send your story ideas to channel.islands@bbc.co.uk .
Beautiful Jersey or Man Bieau P'tit Jèrri is a Jersey patriotic song, sung in Jèrriais and English. It was composed by an Englishman, Lindsay Lennox, who died in 1906. [1] [2] During the Occupation, islanders would sing the song to keep their spirits up. [3] Today it is performed at Liberation Day and as Jersey's national anthem at some ...