Yorkshire on Monday 1 July 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 July 1718: The first issue of the Leeds Mercury consists of London news presided over by a woodcut of a fat postman in a wig
- 1 July 1788: Leeds textile workers celebrate the banning of exports of live sheep
- 1 July 1822: Sheffield miners are reminded of the dangers of working without one of Humphrey Davy’s new safety lamps
- 1 July 1840: The opening of the Hull and Selby Railway counters threats to Hull’s port from Goole, Scarborough and Bridlington
- 1 July 1947: An entire farm is moved by train from Ilkley to Rutland
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 04:33-21:37, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 01:09 set 17:07, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 04:37-21:42, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 01:13 set 17:12, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 04:31-21:46, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 01:09 set 17:15, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 04:40-21:39, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 01:14 set 17:10, waning crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 04:35-21:41, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 01:11 set 17:11, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
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