Yorkshire on Friday 12 January 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 12 January 1825: Safety failings kill 24 in an explosion at Gosforth Pit, Middleton (Leeds), owner Charles Brandling MP, manager John Blenkinsop
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: 08:11-16:07, zenith 12:09
- Moon: rise 09:37 set 17:04, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 08:16-16:12, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 09:42 set 17:09, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:19-16:06, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 09:46 set 17:03, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 08:14-16:13, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 09:39 set 17:11, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 08:15-16:09, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 09:41 set 17:06, waxing crescent
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