Now! Then! September 16

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Then!

Yorkshire in history:

16 September 1641: Henry Best of Elmswell (Driffield) begins to harvest peas, and describes the technique required
16 September 1821: The Rev Sydney Smith tells Lady Grey how the harvest was saved at Foston (Ryedale)
16 September 1858: Augustus Duncombe, dean of York, reopens St Helen’s, Stonegate, York, following a thoroughly Victorian restoration

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

Today: sunny intervals, temperature 10-18°C, wind westerly 18mph, visibility moderate, pressure 1011mb, relative humidity 72%, UV risk 4/11, pollution low (BBC)
Sun: 06:35-19:16, zenith 12:56
Moon: set 17:44, waning crescent

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

Today: sunny intervals, temperature 10-16°C, wind westerly 17mph, visibility good, pressure 1012mb, relative humidity 75%, UV risk 4/11, pollution low (BBC)
Sun: 06:40-19:21, zenith 13:00
Moon: set 17:49, waning crescent

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

Today: sunny intervals, temperature 9-18°C, wind westerly 16mph, visibility moderate, pressure 1010mb, relative humidity 71%, UV risk 4/11, pollution low (BBC)
Sun: 06:38-19:20, zenith 12:59
Moon: set 17:54, waning crescent

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

Today: sunny intervals, temperature 10-16°C, wind westerly 17mph, visibility good, pressure 1013mb, relative humidity 75%, UV risk 4/11, pollution low (BBC)
Sun: 06:40-19:21, zenith 13:00
Moon: set 17:46, waning crescent

York, on earth and in heaven:

Today: sunny intervals, temperature 9-17°C, wind westerly 17mph, visibility good, pressure 1012mb, relative humidity 72%, UV risk 3/11, pollution low (BBC)
Sun: 06:38-19:19, zenith 12:59
Moon: set 17:48, waning crescent

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Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 966 historical serendipities (768K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,644 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,896 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, Kingston upon Hull, poetry, Bradford, Horse ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

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