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In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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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?
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>
> The Sunday Trading Act that allowed stores to open on Sunday in the UK was as recent as 1994.
Actually, most stores in the Netherlands *still* don't open on Sunday,
some because of statute--church attendance is down almost 75% from
just 20 years ago, so it's not an anti-secular thing anymore. I hear
Belgium's the same way, as is much of continental Europe.
But I do recall that in London UK, there is still a restriction
over opening times on weekends--something that was explained to me
by Borders and the supermarkets that they could only be open past
6pm Saturday if they didn't open on Sunday, or some other such weird
algorithm. That there's still a restriction on opening hours in
*London* (of all places!) indicates the long arm of tradition.
best
LFB
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