Now! Then! 2025! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

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Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Proverbially:

Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)

New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:44-19:04, zenith 12:54
  • Moon: rise 06:12 set 18:48, new moon

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:49-19:09, zenith 12:59
  • Moon: rise 06:17 set 18:53, new moon

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:47-19:08, zenith 12:57
  • Moon: rise 06:15 set 18:52, new moon

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:48-19:08, zenith 12:58
  • Moon: rise 06:17 set 18:53, new moon

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:47-19:07, zenith 12:57
  • Moon: rise 06:15 set 18:51, new moon

Red-letter days and other special events:

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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.

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