Yorkshire on Friday 13 September 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 September 1816: The greatness of Great Britain
- 13 September 1893: A local inquest jury struggles with the death of James Gibbs, a miner shot by Staffordshire troops amid rioting at Samuel Lister Jr.’s mine at Pontefract
- 13 September 1894: J.B. Priestley descends on a cloud to the West Riding of Yorkshire
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: 06:30-19:23, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 18:00, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 06:35-19:28, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 18:05, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 06:33-19:27, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 18:11, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 06:35-19:27, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 18:02, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 06:33-19:26, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 18:05, waxing gibbous
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