Now! Then! 2024! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 366 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

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Yorkshire in history:

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Heavenly data for Hull:

  • Sun: 05:06-20:48, zenith 12:57
  • Moon: rise 05:19 set 23:28, waxing crescent

Heavenly data for Leeds:

  • Sun: 05:11-20:53, zenith 13:02
  • Moon: rise 05:24 set 23:34, waxing crescent

Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:

  • Sun: 05:06-20:56, zenith 13:01
  • Moon: rise 05:17 set 23:39, waxing crescent

Heavenly data for Sheffield:

  • Sun: 05:12-20:51, zenith 13:02
  • Moon: rise 05:26 set 23:30, waxing crescent

Heavenly data for York:

  • Sun: 05:08-20:52, zenith 13:00
  • Moon: rise 05:21 set 23:33, waxing crescent

Red-letter days and other special events:

    ✝ Ascension Day

Entries for Ascension Day:

  • 26 May 1808: The first Ascension Day on which is generally contemplated the notion that ammonites found on Whitby beach are snakes petrified by Saint Hilda, and that seabirds dip their wings in her honour when over-flying
  • 8 May 1154: The wooden bridge over the Ouse collapses under the crowd welcoming Archbishop William of York back from Rome

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    Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 919 historical serendipities (725K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,544 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,569 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, Bradford, Horse, poetry, East Riding of Yorkshire ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

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