Yorkshire on Friday 1 March 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 March 1857: Job Senior, the Wharfedale Hermit and a pioneering polyphonic overtone singer, dies at Burley in Wharfedale
- 1 March 1888: John Strange Winter, a military novelist from York, presents her husband with twins, to general amazement
Proverbially:
Dean’t o’ Friday buy your ring,
O’ Friday dean’t put t’ spurrins [banns] in;
Dean’t wed o’ Friday. Think on o’ this,
Nowther blue nor green mun match her driss.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 06:46-17:40, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 08:18, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 06:51-17:45, zenith 12:18
- Moon: set 08:22, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 06:50-17:43, zenith 12:17
- Moon: set 08:18, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 06:50-17:45, zenith 12:18
- Moon: set 08:24, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 06:49-17:43, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 08:20, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ David – patron of Wales, poets, leeks ! Meteorological spring
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