Yorkshire on Sunday 17 November 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 17 November 1812: A doggerel inscription at St. George’s, Doncaster, commemorates two sons of ringing master Robert Smith, one of whom died by his father’s bells
- 17 November 1839: Excise officers entrap Leeds barbers violating the sabbath
- 17 November 1865: Charles Harding, ex-landlord of the Labour in Vain at Hull, lists his debtors for a bankruptcy hearing
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 07:30-16:02, zenith 11:46
- Moon: set 10:13 rise 16:24, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 07:35-16:06, zenith 11:51
- Moon: set 10:18 rise 16:28, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 07:37-16:02, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 10:24 rise 16:20, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 07:33-16:08, zenith 11:50
- Moon: set 10:14 rise 16:31, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 07:34-16:04, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 10:18 rise 16:25, waning gibbous
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