Yorkshire on Friday 1 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 May 1734: “The forwardest spring that ever was known in the memory of man”
- 1 May 1878: The Mercury quotes Clifford Allbutt (Leeds Infirmary) on the commendable beastliness of northerners
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!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:23-20:33, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 04:48 rise 20:57, full (milk) moon
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:27-20:38, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 04:53 rise 21:03, full (milk) moon
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:23-20:40, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 04:48 rise 21:05, full (milk) moon
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:29-20:36, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 04:54 rise 21:00, full (milk) moon
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:25-20:37, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 04:50 rise 21:01, full (milk) moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Customs: May Day – first day of summer, around halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice; International Workers’ Day – the Second International’s commemoration of the Chicago Haymarket affair and the struggle for an eight-hour working day; May goslings in Skipton – like April Fools’ (Hone 1827).
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