Yorkshire on Friday 31 January 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 31 January 1833: Thomas Tennant, Mayor of Leeds, tells a court how he was mugged on Bank Street on his return from a business trip south
- 31 January 1838: Charles Dickens arrives in heavy snow at Greta Bridge (Startforth, North Riding)
- 31 January 1858: John Henry is found guilty of “debauching the minds and ruining the rising generation” in his sweetshop on Broomhall Street, Sheffield
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: 07:46-16:43, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 08:55 set 19:26, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:51-16:47, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 09:00 set 19:32, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:52-16:43, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 09:01 set 19:29, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:49-16:49, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 08:59 set 19:32, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:50-16:45, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 08:59 set 19:29, waxing crescent
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