Yorkshire on Saturday 21 November 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 21 November 1727: The funeral of Cornelius Wood of Barnsley, killed in a rabbit trap
- 21 November 1855: Catherine Booth, co-founder of the Salvation Army, writes from Dewsbury of her hopes for her unborn child
- 21 November 1958: Norman Harding and fellow Trotskyite Labour Party members from East Leeds ambush their MP, Denis Healey, during a rigged live TV debate with his Tory neighbour, Keith Joseph
- 21 November 1972: Asphalt executive Walter Gott of Dringhouses, charged with speeding, pleads poetry before Market Weighton magistrates
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:36-15:57, zenith 11:47
- Moon: set 03:24 rise 14:00, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:42-16:02, zenith 11:52
- Moon: set 03:29 rise 14:05, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:44-15:57, zenith 11:50
- Moon: set 03:29 rise 14:02, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:39-16:03, zenith 11:51
- Moon: set 03:28 rise 14:05, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:40-15:59, zenith 11:50
- Moon: set 03:27 rise 14:03, waxing gibbous
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