Yorkshire on Thursday 11 January 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 11 January 1825: American comment on William Hirst of Leeds’s revolutionary and controversial labour-saving improvements to spinning and stubbing machines, patented today
- 11 January 1900: An explosion injures half the shift and kills four at the Leeds Steel Works, Hunslet
- 11 January 1906: Joseph Wright, Oxford professor of comparative philology and ex-donkey-boy for a Shipley quarry, discusses self-interest at the opening of Windhill Library
Proverbially:
New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 08:12-16:06, zenith 12:09
- Moon: rise 09:03 set 15:30, new moon
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 08:17-16:10, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 09:08 set 15:34, new moon
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:20-16:05, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 09:14 set 15:26, new moon
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 08:14-16:12, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 09:05 set 15:37, new moon
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 08:16-16:07, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 09:08 set 15:31, new moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
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