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"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:GJEG7x.Lt8@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
>
> > > Who are "keep Sunday special"? Are they the same sort of nutters that we
> > > have here in the US that force certain sorts of stores to be closed on
> > > Sunday in certain jurisdictions and prevent certain sorts of merchandise
> > > from being sold even if they are open? (for example here in Grand Rapids, no
> > > stores can sell liquor before Noon on sundays. Talk about your unfair
> > > restraint of trade...
>
> > The problem, if there is one, was created by bizarre rules about what could and couldn't be sold on Sundays.
> > Whilst for many years, much long after the US had changed, it was 'illegal'
> for most shops to trade on Sunday,
>
> I'm not sure how consistent this was across the US, so such a comparison might
> not be highly accurate. I know that in 1985, most stores in Missouri were
> closed on Sundays and that this wasn't true in California. What time frame are
> you talking about for the UK?
The Sunday Trading Act that allowed stores to open on Sunday in the UK was as recent as 1994.
regards
lawrence
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