Now! Then! June 10

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Yorkshire in history:

10 June 1715: Following the accession of the Hanoverian George I, Tories ring the bells of Leeds church on the birthday of his Jacobite rival, the Old Pretender, currently plotting a comeback
10 June 1846: John Richard Walbran begins an antiquarian excavation of the Neolithic henge on Hutton Moor, Dishforth (Ripon)
10 June 1882: A satirical London magazine congratulates the Yorkshire Tannery and Boot Manufactory on its appointment of directors with relevant professional knowledge

Now!

Heavenly data for Hull:

Sun: 04:28-21:32, zenith 13:00
Moon: set 03:10 rise 21:38, waxing gibbous

Heavenly data for Leeds:

Sun: 04:33-21:37, zenith 13:05
Moon: set 03:15 rise 21:44, waxing gibbous

Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:

Sun: 04:27-21:41, zenith 13:04
Moon: set 03:07 rise 21:50, waxing gibbous

Heavenly data for Sheffield:

Sun: 04:35-21:35, zenith 13:05
Moon: set 03:18 rise 21:40, waxing gibbous

Heavenly data for York:

Sun: 04:30-21:37, zenith 13:03
Moon: set 03:12 rise 21:43, waxing gibbous

Red-letter days and other special events:

✝ Whit Tuesday

Entries for Whit Tuesday:

19 May 1812: An Anglican Whit walk encounters a Nonconformist one at “Briarfield” (Birstall), amid Luddites and wars with France and the US, in the imagination of Charlotte Brontë

12 June 1810: Curate Patrick Brontë anticipates muscular Christianity and creates material for Charlotte during a Whit walk from Dewsbury to Earlsheaton

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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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