Yorkshire on Wednesday 18 February 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 18 February 1889: An effigy of Jack Nelson, wife-beater, is paraded with rough music through Hedon (Holderness) by a furious crowd
- 18 February 1934: Leeds Labour triggers the first rent strike against a council by announcing higher rents for well-off tenants and the prospect of free housing for ex-slum-dwellers
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:11-17:18, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 07:38 set 18:45, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:16-17:23, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 07:43 set 18:50, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:17-17:20, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:43 set 18:48, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:15-17:23, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 07:42 set 18:50, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:15-17:21, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:41 set 18:48, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Ash Wednesday – start of Lent; Start of Ramadan – Gabriel appears to Muhammad in a cave, and, finding him illiterate, teaches him an initial instalment of the Koran; Start of Ramendan – Pastafarians may only consume Ramen noodles. Proverbs: Those who don’t play tut-ball (hand-ball/stool-ball) on Ash Wednesday will be sick at harvest time (Bedell 1847).
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