Now! Then! November 9

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Then!

Yorkshire in history:

9 November 1840: The end of the horse trade at the Leeds winter fair
9 November 1967: Hervey Rhodes, Saddleworth (WR/GM) woollen manufacturer and Labour peer, on productivity and Pakistani immigration

Proverbially:

Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

Sun: 07:20-16:19, zenith 11:50
Moon: set 12:47 rise 19:13, waning gibbous

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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.

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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 936 historical serendipities (752K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,589 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,725 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, Horse, Bradford, poetry, Kingston upon Hull ... 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.

Toutes ces choses sont passées/ Comme l'ombre et comme le vent: se non è vero, è ben trovato.

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