What is open on Monday 19th Sept?

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For those of us lucky enough to have the day off with our kids, who don't want to watch the funeral. I would love to hear anyone's idea of how to make the most of a bonus day off. In particular if you know of anything fun that's open.

I'd prefer not to spend the day in the local park, have done that enough in the past 2 years. The only thing I've seen that's open so far is Hawksmoor which is a bit fancy for a family day!

Yes, that's sort of the point - but some people here seem to think they can inflict compulsory TV watching on people.

Me too . Lost Dd (19) so totally understand. A funeral is too raw for me . Sending you hugs x

No, you have to sit them in front of the telly with their eyes wide open Clockwork Orange style and force them to watch an old lady they never met be interred

Wind your neck in troll

@Pebblebeach15 I am so terribly sorry for your loss.

ODFOD

Raising a toast to Oliver Cromwell, is what I shall be doing.

The part about the democracy is becoming increasingly unlikely.

By the sounds of it you'd better get there early to get a good spot - it may be just as packed as the streets of London 😄

This thread is completely and utterly insane.

The day should be used to watch the Queens funeral. Nothing will/should be open in respect of the late Queen. I would recommend you stay home and watch the funeral and maybe go to the park after.

Doesn't the fact that so many posters thought you were joking tell you something? Thanks for the recommendation, but no. I'm not a Royalist. I have no interest in spending the day watching the funeral of a complete stranger. We'll probably go for a long walk in the morning, then we've got friends and their DC coming over for lunch and then if the weather is nice the kids can play in the garden, if not we'll play board games or something.

’Grandma, I can’t believe you were actually alive when Queen Elizabeth was alive. Wow what did you do on the day of her funeral?’

Have you ever actually met a child?

"Oh Grandmama, do tell us again about the time you spent 6 hours watching a televised church service, please!"

I have bought myself a new pair of black pyjamas

You win the thread.

I was thinking the usual bank holiday things would be open. Looks like a picnic and walk it is.

And no, even, if a lockdown were imposed there's no way I'd be choosing to watch a stranger's funeral on telly. Willing to bet those demanding respect alla DailyFail will actually just spend the day gossiping about wore what

So you expect other people to work so you and your family can enjoy a "bonus day off"

And who cares if they find it boring and complain constantly?

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie Thank you x

I’m so sorry for all those on this thread who’ve lost someone this year.

A few independent businesses near me are opening, cafes and pubs etc. The supermarkets all jumped like lemmings when Aldi announced it was closing.

And if my little prince wants to watch the funeral here in Billericay, you will say nothing Michael, alright?😂

"Exactly.
20/30/40 years time.
’What did we do Mum on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral? Did we watch it on TV? Tell me what the day was like’
’Went to the swings dear. Because I hated the Queen’
70 years time when the queen has been off the throne as long as she was on it:
’Grandma, I can’t believe you were actually alive when Queen Elizabeth was alive. Wow what did you do on the day of her funeral?’
’We went to the playground my dear. Because my mother hated the Queen’"

My grandmother was born in 1912. There has been 4 monarchs in her lifetime. Two died (my grandmother passed in 2006) and one abdicated. She never talked about the funerals or the coronations just the abdication.

I used to work bank holidays out of choice because I got double time and saved a day's holiday for another time

This! 🤣 at the thought of my 4 and 6 year olds being interested for more than two minutes.

He would have hated that! You should probably plough a field or something in his honour! ;)

To be honest what is there to say about a funeral you watch on TV to people in the distant future?
There was a large procession and lots of people. A nice service. Unless something shocking happens, then there really is nothing to say.

Exactly. And let's be honest it will be replayed so often that those of us working will be unlikely to completely avoid it and will see bits of it on the news etc for weeks.

My DC are adults and no doubt have interesting plans for the day. I doubt if the funeral will cross their minds, or that of their partners.

As part of bringing them up, we talked about the RF, how wrong it is to be head of state by accident of birth, the tax dodging, the lack of FOI, etc. More recently how the queen has been supporting a sex offender in her family. The disdain shown by Charles for ordinary people, the racism of Philip. We never taught them to revere and tug their forelocks.

I should add before I get piled on for not showing respect, I would love to watch it and would love nothing more than my two DC being interested, but them sitting watching adults in dreary clothes sitting for two hours is not going to happen. Despite me having already explained what a massive event in history it is. 🤷‍♀️

This bloke will probably keep things open!