Yorkshire on Friday 9 August 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 9 August 1661: John Ray encounters kelp-makers on the coast between Scarborough and Whitby
- 9 August 1805: Joseph Locke, who made the railways pay, is born under indifferent auspices at Attercliffe (Sheffield)
- 9 August 1845: Young George Boothby of Honley goes to Huddersfield for a night out, and four women are later transported for ten years
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: 05:28-20:44, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 11:00 set 22:06, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:33-20:49, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 11:05 set 22:10, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:29-20:51, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 11:05 set 22:08, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:34-20:48, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 11:05 set 22:11, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:30-20:48, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 11:04 set 22:08, waxing crescent
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