Yorkshire on Friday 10 May 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 10 May 1701: Most Leeds corporation members and functionaries are ordered to dress appropriately
- 10 May 1784: The punishment regime at the waged spinning school for young factory girls launched today at York by the philanthropist Catharine Harrison
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: 05:04-20:50, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 05:52, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:09-20:55, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 05:56, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:04-20:57, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 05:48, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:11-20:53, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 05:59, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:06-20:54, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 05:53, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- No red-letter days yet today, sorry!
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