The main meal is now eaten in the evening and is likely to consist of frozen or ready-made food. In addition to eating out in pubs, inns, and restaurants, people consume fast food. There has been a dramatic increase in the variety of foreign cuisine, ranging from Chinese and Indian to French and Italian.
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In the United Kingdom and Ireland a bank holiday is a public holiday, when banks and many other businesses are closed for the day.
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Good Friday and Christmas Day are not bank holidays, they are common law' holidays.
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The term "bank holiday" was coined by Sir John Lubbock, who felt there was a need to differentiate the two types of holiday
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In 1871, Sir John Lubbock introduced the Bank Holidays Act
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Businesses and schools are not necessarily closed on Scottish bank holidays, and the Scottish banks only follow the English and Welsh bank holidays for business reasons.
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most banks' telephone and internet banking services operate 24/7/365 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every single day of the year.