Yorkshire on Sunday 24 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 August 1832: The Rev Henry Nussey – St John Rivers in Jane Eyre – attends his church’s Sunday School festival at Birstall
- 24 August 1870: Fakesong by an army captain about the sights of the St. Bartholomew’s Fair today at Reeth, Swaledale
- 24 August 1921: The British-built United States Navy R.38 airship collapses, explodes, and crashes into the Humber at Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:54-20:12, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 07:12 set 20:31, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:59-20:17, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 07:17 set 20:36, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:56-20:18, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 07:15 set 20:35, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:00-20:16, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 07:17 set 20:35, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:57-20:15, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 07:15 set 20:34, waxing crescent
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