Yorkshire on Friday 24 January 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 January 1680: Miners rob, murder and burn a pit-owning nonconformist minister and his mother and maid at Beeston (Leeds)
- 24 January 1826: Samuel Hick, blacksmith and Methodist preacher of Micklefield (Leeds), writes to his “dear bosom frend and beloved wife” and daughter Jan
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: 07:57-16:29, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 04:07 set 11:04, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 08:02-16:34, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 04:13 set 11:09, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:04-16:29, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 04:17 set 11:02, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 08:00-16:35, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 04:10 set 11:12, waning crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 08:00-16:31, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 04:12 set 11:06, waning crescent
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