Yorkshire on Friday 19 September 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 19 September 1835: The Leeds Mercury attacks property valuations under the recent Municipal Corporations Act, which facilitate the political careers of men from the centre of town
- 19 September 1854: A multifarious railway accident in the Bramhope tunnel between Leeds and Harrogate
- 19 September 1866: Consciously breaking with medical tradition, Clifford Allbutt, physician, and Claudius Galen Wheelhouse, surgeon, cooperate at Leeds Infirmary to cure a pericarditis
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!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 06:40-19:09, zenith 12:55
- Moon: rise 03:33 set 18:32, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 06:45-19:14, zenith 12:59
- Moon: rise 03:38 set 18:37, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 06:43-19:13, zenith 12:58
- Moon: rise 03:34 set 18:38, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 06:45-19:13, zenith 12:59
- Moon: rise 03:39 set 18:36, waning crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 06:43-19:12, zenith 12:58
- Moon: rise 03:35 set 18:35, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ International Talk Like a Pirate Day – holiday adopted by Pastafarianism
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