Yorkshire on Friday 30 August 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 30 August 1766: “I will haf tish man, he gifs my pipes room for to shpeak”: organ-builder John Snetzler selects an organist for Halifax parish church
- 30 August 1935: Praise for Leeds’s slum clearance schemes
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: 06:05-19:57, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 01:09 set 19:13, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 06:10-20:02, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 01:14 set 19:19, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 06:07-20:03, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 01:05 set 19:23, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 06:11-20:01, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 01:17 set 19:16, waning crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 06:08-20:01, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 01:10 set 19:18, waning crescent
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