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Sundae · 12-10-2011, 05:45 AM

Shops/ fast food outlets owned by observant Muslims here close on Friday afternoons for Mosque.
So you could try to shop on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday and be thwarted by religion!

Our local Post Office closes every Tuesday afternoon. Not sure why, but it always has.
And some of the small traditional shops (less and less of them now) still observe early closing on a Wednesday.
The owner-run store I worked in, in Leicester used to close for school events like Sports Day or Nativity, so both parents could attend.
My ex-husband used to close his shop willy-nilly, just sticking a handwritten "back soon" sign on the door. But that was a comic shop, so customers expected that kind of treatment.

24 hour shopping - a long-needed convenience or eroding the fabric of English tradition?

12-10-2011, 05:45 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Shops/ fast food outlets owned by observant Muslims here close on Friday afternoons for Mosque. So you could try to shop on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday and be thwarted by religion! Our local Post Office closes every Tuesday afternoon. Not sure why, but it always has. And some of the small traditional shops (less and less of them now) still observe early closing on a Wednesday. The owner-run store I worked in, in Leicester used to close for school events like Sports Day or Nativity, so both parents could attend. My ex-husband used to close his shop willy-nilly, just sticking a handwritten "back soon" sign on the door. But that was a comic shop, so customers expected that kind of treatment. 24 hour shopping - a long-needed convenience or eroding the fabric of English tradition? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac