Yorkshire on Saturday 1 March 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 March 1857: Job Senior, the Wharfedale Hermit and a pioneering polyphonic overtone singer, dies at Burley in Wharfedale
- 1 March 1888: John Strange Winter, a military novelist from York, presents her husband with twins, to general amazement
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:46-17:40, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 07:22 set 20:00, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:51-17:45, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:27 set 20:05, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:51-17:43, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 07:26 set 20:05, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:50-17:45, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:27 set 20:05, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:49-17:43, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 07:25 set 20:04, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Start of Ramadan – Gabriel appears to Muhammad in a cave, and, finding him illiterate, teaches him an initial instalment of the Koran ✝ Start of Ramendan – Pastafarians may only consume Ramen noodles ✝ David – patron of Wales, poets, leeks ☆ Carnival Saturday ☆ Pilgrimage of Sloth – Carnival Saturday procession by the Headingley Gallimaufrians to Idle, Bradford, in homage to Prophet John Wroe (see 29 Feb) ☆ Meteorological spring ☆ Yorkshire regional brass band championships (Huddersfield)
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