ive done a search and can't find out on the board about it..all i remember as kid was getting some new clobber off mi grom.....so can anyone explain it to me?

:confused: Do you mean Whitsun Bank Holiday?

Google it dude...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=whitsuntide&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Whit weekend is usually the first holiday weekend of the year with any hope of decent weather, and a fine Whit Monday (now renamed the Late Spring Bank Holiday) will see families flocking to the coast or countryside.

THE ORIGINS OF THE FESTIVAL
Pentecost or Whitsun is observed on the seventh Sunday after Easter. The word Pentecost has its roots in the Greek "pentekoste" meaning the fiftieth day after Easter. Whit Sunday commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament. The recent adoption of a Late Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday in May is an attempt to deal with the fact that Whitsuntide is a moveable feast dependent on the date of Easter. Although it is no longer necessarily at the church's Whitsuntide, the general public still refers to this holiday as "Whit Monday."

Originally posted by Skatiechik
:confused: Do you mean Whitsun Bank Holiday?

no i mean whitsun tide:rolleyes:

yeah thats what i remember it for.... new clothes time then to the seaside to stop with me nan & grandad in their caravan.

Originally posted by steev
Google it dude...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=whitsuntide&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Whit weekend is usually the first holiday weekend of the year with any hope of decent weather, and a fine Whit Monday (now renamed the Late Spring Bank Holiday) will see families flocking to the coast or countryside.

THE ORIGINS OF THE FESTIVAL
Pentecost or Whitsun is observed on the seventh Sunday after Easter. The word Pentecost has its roots in the Greek "pentekoste" meaning the fiftieth day after Easter. Whit Sunday commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament. The recent adoption of a Late Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday in May is an attempt to deal with the fact that Whitsuntide is a moveable feast dependent on the date of Easter. Although it is no longer necessarily at the church's Whitsuntide, the general public still refers to this holiday as "Whit Monday."

cheers mate:thumbsup: where did the new clobber come into it i wonder:confused:

Originally posted by kirky
...where did the new clobber come into it i wonder:confused:

Blame the Christians. It probably came from vernal equinox (http://www.equinox-and-solstice.com/html/vernal_equinox.html) the same way they hijacked winter solstice. (http://www.equinox-and-solstice.com/html/winter_solstice.html)

Whitsun is now better known as Spring Bank Holiday, about the end of May.

Originally posted by kirky
no i mean whitsun tide:rolleyes:

Then why is the title spelt witsuntide, its a bit cryptic?

You either met Whitsun, or something completely different I am not here to decipher spelling mistakes. :rolleyes:

Whitsuntide was a real earner - new clobber then people gave you money too....

Spring Bank doesn't have the same ring to it...

Whitsun ...... White Sunday
A traditional time in days past, in Europe, for baptisms and dressing in new white robes (and new suits etc.)

Logical time, even pre-church, to get kitted out in your new summer gear. Now as the sun is starting to shine and the mud & rain of winter is retreating.

Google is your friend.

Search for ... Define Whitsuntide

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=gd&q=define+whitsuntide

I live at high green and i remember whitsuntide very clearly .I have got 4 sisters we all got new clothes all matching, it was the 70s, i remember we once got blue and white spotty dresses and a nylon tie coat mmmm even our mum had one , we all had different colours mine was red .we used to wait for the band to go past our house and then we would follow it with all the kids on our street,we would walk down the bottom of our village to our fields behind the scout hut were there would be a gala,it was fantastic we would be excited the night before.we didnt just get new clothes we got new underwear ,socks and shoes and ribbons for our hair.it is a lovely childhood memory when did people stop doing it?

.it is a lovely childhood memory when did people stop doing it?

A very old thread michelle, but from me.... I would never have heard of it had it not been for my Grandma, maybe Mum too, but can't remember. (I'm 33 btw). I think it will be forgotten in about 1 or 2 more generations.

I remember whitsuntide as well, we used to have new clothes and had to look really smart for the day, sometimes we would go out as a family somewhere like derbyshire.
I also remember some kids used to go and knock on neighbours doors and if you looked nice you were given money.
It's a shame these old traditions die out, they were markers in the year and they made the day a bit special, what makes the day special now?? feel a bit sad to think these nice things are over :sad: