Traditionally schools were closed for two days after Whitsunday. Whitsun celebrates Pentecost, the date in the Christian calendar when the Holy Spirit visited the disciples. It is always seven sundays after Easter.
By order of the Government school re-opened today (Tuesday) - all Whitsun holidays having been cancelled because of war developments. (Holland & Belgium have now been invaded). Staff & children were recalled by wireless broadcasts during the week end. 30 children were absent this morning- 20 this afternoon.
As of Whitsun 1940 all bank holidays were cancelled for the duration of the war.
