Yorkshire on Saturday 11 January 2025
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
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:11-16:07, zenith 12:09
- Moon: set 06:42 rise 12:50, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:16-16:11, zenith 12:14
- Moon: set 06:47 rise 12:54, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:19-16:06, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 06:53 rise 12:46, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:14-16:13, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 06:43 rise 12:58, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:15-16:09, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 06:47 rise 12:51, waxing gibbous
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