Now! Then! October 21

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Then!

Yorkshire in history:

21 October 1536: Henry VIII’s herald encounters part of the Pilgrimage of Grace at Pontefract
21 October 1555: Wool middlemen are once more permitted at Halifax to avoid the destruction of the local economy
21 October 1830: William Smith stands trial for the theft of William Taylor’s hat during a Monday all-nighter at the Labour In Vain pub in Hull

Proverbially:

New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

Sun: 07:38-17:52, zenith 12:45
Moon: rise 07:45 set 17:22, new moon

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

Sun: 07:43-17:57, zenith 12:50
Moon: rise 07:50 set 17:27, new moon

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

Sun: 07:44-17:54, zenith 12:49
Moon: rise 07:51 set 17:23, new moon

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

Sun: 07:42-17:58, zenith 12:50
Moon: rise 07:48 set 17:28, new moon

York, on earth and in heaven:

Sun: 07:42-17:55, zenith 12:48
Moon: rise 07:48 set 17:24, new moon

Red-letter days and other special events:

✝ John Twenge – women in difficult labour, fishermen ✝ Martin of Tours – reformed alcoholics, France, betrayed by geese when seeking to avert bishopric by hiding in their barn ✝ Start of Diwali – victory of light over darkness ☆ Trafalgar Day

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