Now! Then! April 21

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Yorkshire in history:

21 April 1821: John Cockin, Holmfirth minister, describes the remains of Richard Frankland’s late 17th century dissenting academy at Rathmell, Craven
21 April 1838: The Northern Star reminds husbands that it is a criminal offence to sell one’s wife
21 April 1883: Peter Inchbald observes nightingales in Harrogate for the first time, but their popularity is their undoing

Proverbially:

Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)

Now!

Heavenly data for Hull:

Sun: 05:44-20:15, zenith 12:59
Moon: rise 03:54 set 11:20, last quarter

Heavenly data for Leeds:

Sun: 05:49-20:20, zenith 13:04
Moon: rise 04:00 set 11:24, last quarter

Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:

Sun: 05:45-20:21, zenith 13:03
Moon: rise 04:03 set 11:18, last quarter

Heavenly data for Sheffield:

Sun: 05:49-20:19, zenith 13:04
Moon: rise 03:57 set 11:27, last quarter

Heavenly data for York:

Sun: 05:46-20:19, zenith 13:02
Moon: rise 03:59 set 11:21, last quarter

Red-letter days and other special events:

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Entries for Easter Monday:

23 April 1832: “Pilgrims” arrive at Leeds on Easter Monday on their way to York to hear Richard Oastler call for a 10-hour working day for mill children

28 March 1692: On Easter Monday Francis Pemberton, Vicar of Bradford, sits all day in a Haworth pub, collecting his Easter dues, while Oliver Heywood preaches for next to nothing

1 April 1641: Tips on bringing ewes and lambs to market in the East Riding today, Easter Monday

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Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 931 historical serendipities (749K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,575 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,676 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, Bradford, poetry, Horse, Kingston upon Hull ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

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