HIGH DAYS AND HOLIDAYS

The ____ of the railways made it possible for working people and their families to go further

funfairs opened and boat trips were ____ by local fishermen.

In the UK, holidays began _______ religious festival days or 'holy days'.

became possible for more people, ____ of them travelled to the seaside.

but by ______ , not law.

In fact, working people _____ took holidays.

In 1871 the Bank Holidays Act established _____ days when, by law, banks closed.

Many towns that benefited ___ this were near large cities or were at the end of railway lines.

As _____ as outings became possible for more people,

Seaside towns started to boom. Piers were built out over the sea,

For many people, paid holidays remained a _____ until the second half of the twentieth century.

Instead, people enjoyed outings for the day to ______ places.

go further afield on their day trips, ____ wealthy people had, for many years, taken holidays.

Bank Holidays soon _____ public holidays,

The idea of a holiday as a'no-work' day seems to have first ____ around five hundred years ago.