By the King, a proclamation, appointing Monday, the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, a bank holiday throughout the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Bank Holidays
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Parliament Archives on X: "Britains have been enjoying Boxing Day as a bank holiday since 1871 when the Bank Holiday Act was passed #TowerActs https://t.co/1fr4V1CjLj" / X
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