Yorkshire on Friday 2 May 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 2 May 1812: The Otley origins of Turner’s oil of Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps in a snow storm, unveiled today to the public at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in London
- 2 May 1817: Public unrest at Leeds regarding the efficacy of the smallpox vaccine
- 2 May 1844: The Bradford Observer reports a 10% increase in the borough’s population in two years
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: 05:20-20:35, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 02:12 rise 08:22, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:25-20:40, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 02:18 rise 08:27, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:21-20:42, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 02:24 rise 08:19, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:26-20:39, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 02:14 rise 08:30, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:22-20:39, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 02:17 rise 08:24, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ☺ [To anyone in Skipton calling another a gosling (fool):] May Day’s past and gone,/ Thou’s a gosling and I’m none (Hone 1827)
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