Yorkshire on Friday 13 June 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 June 1635: A Puritan talks to the gardener at York of the notorious miser and swindler, Sir Arthur Ingram
- 13 June 1709: The population of Whitby are told when they may bury their dead
- 13 June 1864: With the assizes leaving York for the West Riding, manufacturers suffer a surprise defeat by landowners in the Lords in the choice of the new county town
- 13 June 1876: Christopher Jackman (sculptor) and Charles Barrett (tailor) are charged with having been in enclosed premises for an unlawful purpose at the home of the Bradford MP, Henry Ripley
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: 04:28-21:34, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 05:36, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:32-21:40, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 05:41, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:26-21:44, zenith 13:05
- Moon: set 05:32, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:34-21:37, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 05:44, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:29-21:39, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 05:37, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ☆ Whit Friday walks and brass band contests in Saddleworth and Tameside
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