Sunday Trading
Discussion
General Sunday Trading came into effect in 1993. Prior to that, restricted trading was allowed for specific activities - such as corner shops, restaurants, bars and pubs etc. Some of those older regulations still pertain to certain trading activities.
Although I'm not overtly religious, I do resent the fact that Sunday is not much different to any other day of the week now. Time was when at least on a Sunday you could drive on a motorway and not have to contend with artics, juggernauts, vans etc. Now, Sunday is as busy as any iother days for such traffic.
Although I'm not overtly religious, I do resent the fact that Sunday is not much different to any other day of the week now. Time was when at least on a Sunday you could drive on a motorway and not have to contend with artics, juggernauts, vans etc. Now, Sunday is as busy as any iother days for such traffic.
Liszt said:
Due to size of shop. Small shops can stay open longer. Large shops are limited partly due to religion and partly to stop them taking the piss with making people work un sociable hours
Eh? Since when did tesco's run a forced labour camp? Is working a Sunday evening more unsocial than working a Saturday evening?st_files said:
Liszt said:
Due to size of shop. Small shops can stay open longer. Large shops are limited partly due to religion and partly to stop them taking the piss with making people work un sociable hours
Eh? Since when did tesco's run a forced labour camp? Is working a Sunday evening more unsocial than working a Saturday evening?Digger said:
Isn't Sunday trading limited to 5 or 6 hours on a Sunday? Then how come other shops like Starbucks etc can stay open longer?
6 Hours but IIRC it depends on the square footage of the premises hence the main Sainsburys in town being shut at 4 but the Sainsburys Local staying open till 10.Whilst I occasionally find it useful to be able to shop on a Sunday, I have very fond memories of Sundays of the past when all the shops were closed. One of the best things was taking a walk around my relatively deserted home town and actually seeing the place and it's architecture, rather than spending all day dodging other people and diving in and out of shops.
Probably only works if you live in an attractive town.......
Probably only works if you live in an attractive town.......
andy400 said:
Whilst I occasionally find it useful to be able to shop on a Sunday, I have very fond memories of Sundays of the past when all the shops were closed. One of the best things was taking a walk around my relatively deserted home town and actually seeing the place and it's architecture, rather than spending all day dodging other people and diving in and out of shops.
You are not wrong. Nor is Eric. Apparently Sunday is now the busiest day (perhaps in take by the hour ?) for the supermarkets.
The "keep Sunday special" bunch, who opposed the Sunday trading hours might have had something
Ignoring the hypocritical religious fundamentalist element, of course. I'm not sure I would want to go back no Sunday opening, but I don't think the hours limits should change either.
As someone else said, in Scotland they open 24x7. So this caught me out big style when I first moved down south.
I had a stand up fight with HWMBO when I wanted to go shopping on a Sunday evening and he said they were shut. I may even have suggested he probably didn't know the price of milk, never mind opening times for a supermarket, Of COURSE they are open on a Sunday evening.
He was right, as usual.
I had a stand up fight with HWMBO when I wanted to go shopping on a Sunday evening and he said they were shut. I may even have suggested he probably didn't know the price of milk, never mind opening times for a supermarket, Of COURSE they are open on a Sunday evening.
He was right, as usual.
Edited by Herbie58 on Wednesday 2nd December 22:18
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