Yorkshire on Friday 30 October 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 30 October 1744: Landowners form a partnership to pipe water from Little Horton to Bradford, facilitating urban growth
- 30 October 1914: Joseph Colgrave of Sheffield and the 5th Royal Irish Lancers wins a DCM rallying leaderless Punjabi Muslims at Hollebeke (Ypres)
- 30 October 1981: Joanne, Michelle and Carl go caking in their Sheffield villages
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!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:55-16:34, zenith 11:44
- Moon: set 12:51 rise 19:20, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:00-16:39, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 12:57 rise 19:24, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:01-16:35, zenith 11:48
- Moon: set 13:02 rise 19:16, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:59-16:39, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 12:53 rise 19:28, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:59-16:36, zenith 11:47
- Moon: set 12:56 rise 19:21, waning gibbous
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