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Post by ruislip on May 5, 2008 20:19:49 GMT
From my Underground Guide collection, this seemed to be a way of life in London in days of yore. My claim for this is because many lines had a "peak" frequency on Saturdays. When did the practice of a six-day work week, if any, die out in London and the rest of the UK? As a personal footnote, my dad did not have to work at all on Saturdays when stationed in London.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2008 20:24:17 GMT
I think, in times gone by, Saturday was indeed considered a working day, but only half a day was worked. Judged by reading many articles on old ways of railway working/ town life, it was around 5 hour shift. When Saturday stopped being considered a working day is beyond me, but I still wish it was; as it'd help simplify the banking system!
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Post by Tomcakes on May 5, 2008 20:27:08 GMT
If only the banks would follow suit and open at decent hours on Saturdays and Sundays... there are TWO banks which open on a Sunday in the whole of Edinburgh - if you don't bank with HSBC or RBS you're stuck! And the RBS won't even let NatWest customers do transactions...
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2008 20:28:33 GMT
Do they still consider, say depositing a cheque as deposited on Monday?
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Post by ruislip on May 5, 2008 20:30:52 GMT
Can you use an ATM to deposit cheques into your account in the UK, like we can in the US?
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2008 20:37:22 GMT
Most ATM's do accept this... some give you an envelope, others now just accept the cheque, and also print a scan of that cheque onto a receipt; you just key in the amount it is for.
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Post by superteacher on May 5, 2008 22:43:01 GMT
IIRC, the Saturday peak dwindled dramatically in the 1960's, and was all but gone by the end of the decade. Ironically, some Saturday services in operation today are, frequency wise, on a par with the the Saturday peaks of yesteryear.
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Post by Tomcakes on May 5, 2008 22:50:57 GMT
Only tarted up ones, like the fancy ones in Nationwide.
Other annoyance with bank holidays is when ATM's aren't filled up properly, and run out about an hour after the bank shuts on a Friday...
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2008 19:02:24 GMT
Always thought it was much later - the oil crisis of the 1970's that saw the end of Saturday being a working day
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Post by superteacher on May 6, 2008 21:15:03 GMT
Always thought it was much later - the oil crisis of the 1970's that saw the end of Saturday being a working day Maybe someone could delve down through the old WTT's. |
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Post by ruislip on May 7, 2008 21:47:21 GMT
Always thought it was much later - the oil crisis of the 1970's that saw the end of Saturday being a working day Maybe someone could delve down through the old WTT's. I've also been delving down through Underground Guides from 1961 to 1972. I could tell that there were some enhanced Saturday services on some lines; e.g. the Piccadilly had Uxbridge trains running until mid-afternoon as late as 1972. |
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Post by superteacher on May 7, 2008 21:54:18 GMT
Maybe someone could delve down through the old WTT's. I've also been delving down through Underground Guides from 1961 to 1972. I could tell that there were some enhanced Saturday services on some lines; e.g. the Piccadilly had Uxbridge trains running until mid-afternoon as late as 1972. Yes, the Picc service to Uxbridge was cut back in stages. The Monday to Friday midday trains went in 1959. This was followed by Sunday services, then Saturday afternoon / evening services. Think ir was 1974 when the Saturday morning / midday ones went. leaving just the Mon - Fri peaks, until their restoration in the 90's. |
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Post by ruislip on May 7, 2008 21:59:43 GMT
IIRC the Sunday all-day services, along with the Mon-Fri post rush-hour services, stopped in the Autumn of 1967. The all-day Saturday services became just morning and afternoon in the Autumn of 1970; these were done away with in the Autumn of 1974. And the all-day running to Uxbridge was re-introduced in September 1996. It is also interesting to note that Ruislip was added as a peak-hour reversing point in 1977, around the time that 73 stock was introduced.
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Post by mrfs42 on May 7, 2008 22:37:33 GMT
Mon - Fri middays Picc to Uxbridge stopped on 2/3/59 (WTT 80). Sundays all day, and post - peak Picc to Uxbridge stopped with WTT 92 (16/10/67). Saturdays, WTT 2 (30/11/70) Picc to/from Uxbridge 0653 - 1509½ No Picc to Uxbridge in WTT 3 (Saturdays only) September 1974 - this is one of the many 'to be retained until further notice' - pending TC or TTN advice - September '74 is the date of publication, though this would have been in force for under a year when the timetable was recast for the extension to Hatton X in June '75. WTT 12 (Mon - Fri) Feb '77 has the note: 'Periods of through Uxbridge service reduced, with some trains reversing at Ruislip on the 'fringes' of both peaks.' edit: WTT 31 29/9/96 has a regular service until mid-evening introduced to/from Uxbridge. (I note that re-introduced wasn't used -    |
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