Why are Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales so religious compared to England?


If you live near a Sainsburys Local or Tesco Express they’re open till 11pm on Sundays. It’s stores over a certain size that have restricted trading hours.
Yeah, have to go to them but obviously not the same choice and no where near as local for me as the big shop
 
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Seriously glasgow not that religious in an I go to church way, the just sort of love atussle and use religion as an excuse.

Cheeky

Gosh I know this is a (northern) English based board but you all a bit dismissive of your UK countrymen, I presume Gelan just being his usual cheeky self but even so a bit little englander, when the South talks about the North in such disparaging terms you all, rightly go off yer heads
I'm a one planet, one people man...the division stuff looks nuts to me :D
 

Why are Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales so religious compared to England?​


They got used to praying everytime that England attacked them.

So they obviously got quite good at it.
 
I was a student when all day pub opening came was introduced in the 90s.

1988. I was working in a pub at the time, and there was a big flood of people coming in on the afternoon, quite a lot just because you could and it was a novelty.

It tailed off quite quickly on weekdays, and after a couple of months most of the afternoon clientele were just pisspots who wanted to sit at the bar and tell you endlessly about how shit their life was.
 
1988. I was working in a pub at the time, and there was a big flood of people coming in on the afternoon, quite a lot just because you could and it was a novelty.

It tailed off quite quickly on weekdays, and after a couple of months most of the afternoon clientele were just pisspots who wanted to sit at the bar and tell you endlessly about how shit their life was.

Woops - I meant all day Sunday opening. That came a few years later in 1995

Pubs enjoy taste of all-day Sunday opening leaves pubs (warning link contains a mention of Michael Howard)

Although, and maybe I'm having a middle aged moment, I would have sworn the Sunday rules changed in 1994
 
Will be loads of reasons stretching right back tbf. England was taken over by Germanic heathens who pushed the more religious Celtic habitants into Wales, Ireland and later Scotland so that probably has an impact there where religion in those regions was far more important.

Of course England did become very religious as well but has been much more of a melting pot than the others just due to how many times it has been taken over and had other cultural influences flung into the mix.

England also has the influence of having larger cities whereas a lot more of the other British Isles is country and go by regionalised traditions as another factor among many.
 
Will be loads of reasons stretching right back tbf. England was taken over by Germanic heathens who pushed the more religious Celtic habitants into Wales, Ireland and later Scotland so that probably has an impact there where religion in those regions was far more important.

Of course England did become very religious as well but has been much more of a melting pot than the others just due to how many times it has been taken over and had other cultural influences flung into the mix.
In your estimation, how many times has it been "taken over"?
 
I was born 91 and still remember half day Wednesdays and shops closed on Sundays. It’s only fairly recent here really, relatively speaking.
 
Probably one for another article but that Sunday trading is so out of date, nowt worse than realising at 4pm on a Sunday you’re missing something for your tea!
it's a good thing really means the staff all get a bit of family time and can't be expected to work. Everyones aware of it so get stuff for your tea before they shut.
 
I remember going to Wales in the 70s and everything was closed on a Sunday, shops, pubs, just about everything but churches, much more so than in England.

Any more recent hard evidence?

We go to either Wales and/or Scotland at least once a year and they're pretty much the same a England IMO, with the exception of Lewis, where shops were still shut on Sundays and there were polite reminders to 'observe the Sabbath' at playgrounds which most people ignored. Had a week in north Northumberland last year and was able to nip across the border when English shops were shut.
Still shops in Okehampton that close half day Weds.😅
Something quite quaint about that.😁

There's a surprising number of places not open in Newcastle on Mondays.
 
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Good, I knew you were just being a wee imp, suggesting Scots weren't as bright., I might have had to travel down to the borders for fisticuffs if you persisted.
We could video the encounter, it would be like Braveheart revisited :D

ps. Enjoy your haggis and chips mate 👍

pps. God isn't real.
 
Most times Jocks travelled for fisticuffs with the English, it didn't end well for you marra. You may want to rethink that one.
😅
I'll just remember Bannockburn and blank the rest
We could video the encounter, it would be like Braveheart revisited :D

ps. Enjoy your haggis and chips mate 👍

pps. God isn't real.
Blue face paint at the ready, but to be honest, even tho I live in Glasgow - I'm not a fighter
Some lovely churches up here been turned into pubs. That's more my cup of tea. If you ever up this neck of the woods try Oran Mor
 
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Probably one for another article but that Sunday trading is so out of date, nowt worse than realising at 4pm on a Sunday you’re missing something for your tea!
It makes 0 sense like, agreed.

It either is a full rest day (i.e. everything/almost everything shut as per pre 1994) or no restrictions at all.

Given that society is rapidly binning religion off I'd say the later of the 2 above options should be adopted.

As you say its crap realising at tea time on a Sunday you need food/drink and are forced to go to the sainsburys local/tesco express and paying through the teeth for things.


Could be worse mind, in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Poland all large supermarkets are shut all day on Sundays.

Only France adopts the same rules as us on Sundays, in Europe.
 
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