Yorkshire on Friday 19 January 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 19 January 1831: Charlotte Brontë (14) starts at Roe Head School, Mirfield (Kirklees), witnessed by her later friend Mary Taylor
- 19 January 1884: Harry England explains in the Yorkshire Weekly Press why the people of the town are known as Leeds Loiners
- 19 January 1905: A accident in fog on the Midland Railway between Leeds and Sheffield highlights the need for better communications technology
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: 08:04-16:19, zenith 12:11
- Moon: set 02:13 rise 11:09, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 08:09-16:23, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 02:18 rise 11:14, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:12-16:19, zenith 12:15
- Moon: set 02:20 rise 11:09, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 08:07-16:25, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 02:16 rise 11:15, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 08:08-16:21, zenith 12:14
- Moon: set 02:17 rise 11:11, waxing gibbous
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