Yorkshire on Friday 10 October 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 10 October 1730: John Hobson observes a fiery red star to the north over Barnsley
- 10 October 1760: The road surface between Yarm to Guisborough; freight transport in the north
- 10 October 1857: Questions from the floor of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce to the explorer and missionary David Livingstone during his exposition of the wonders of Africa
- 10 October 1908: Morley-born Liberal PM Asquith gives a speech on alcohol licensing at the Leeds Coliseum, as suffragettes, suffragists, unemployment activists and mounted police entertain outside
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: 07:18-18:18, zenith 12:48
- Moon: set 12:31 rise 19:12, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:23-18:22, zenith 12:53
- Moon: set 12:37 rise 19:17, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:23-18:20, zenith 12:51
- Moon: set 12:42 rise 19:09, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:22-18:23, zenith 12:52
- Moon: set 12:33 rise 19:20, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:21-18:20, zenith 12:51
- Moon: set 12:36 rise 19:14, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Paulinus – Roman missionary, first Bishop of York, baptised Hilda
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