Yorkshire on Tuesday 13 February 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 February 1669: Oliver Heywood’s sons set off from Northowram to Heath Grammar School, Halifax, without having learned their Latin
- 13 February 1796: Marshall and the Benyons’ linen factory at Leeds burns down with the loss of eight lives
- 13 February 1896: Connected to mains electricity from the Whitehall Road power station, Leeds City Council sells off the town hall’s (coal-fired) generation and storage plant
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 07:23-17:07, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 08:52 set 22:25, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 07:28-17:12, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 08:56 set 22:30, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 07:29-17:08, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 08:54 set 22:30, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 07:27-17:13, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 08:56 set 22:29, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 07:27-17:10, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 08:54 set 22:29, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Shrove Tuesday ! Pancake Tuesday bells in Bingley, Richmond and Scarborough ! Pancakes cooked in bacon fat from yesterday (Bedell 1847) ! Scarborough Shrovetide Skipping Festival 🗩 It’s unlucky ta go abaght borrain a fryinpan a pancake Tuesday (Rogers 1855)
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