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Letter: The folly of losing the May Day bank holiday in favour of Trafalgar Day

Professor David Birmingham
Wednesday 05 May 1993 23:02 BST
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Sir: Would not United Nations Day make a more acceptable October Bank Holiday? The concept of Trafalgar Day seems to revive just the sort of patriotism and militarism that is tearing Yugoslavia apart.

Yours sincerely,

DAVID BIRMINGHAM

Professor of Modern History

University of Kent

Canterbury

4 May

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