Yorkshire on Friday 10 January 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 10 January 1675: George Aislabie, profiteering registrar of the York ecclesiastical court and assiduous duellist, challenges the wrong man
- 10 January 1761: Jane Delamoth dies and is remembered in shorthand at St Mary’s, Sculcoates (Hull)
- 10 January 1867: Short of fresh provisions amid Arctic ice, the surgeon of the Diana of Hull decides to blame (Yorkshire) tea for symptoms of scurvy among the crew
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: 08:12-16:05, zenith 12:08
- Moon: set 05:16 rise 12:10, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 08:17-16:10, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 05:21 rise 12:15, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:20-16:04, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 05:26 rise 12:07, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 08:14-16:12, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 05:18 rise 12:17, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 08:16-16:07, zenith 12:11
- Moon: set 05:21 rise 12:12, waxing gibbous
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