Yorkshire on Wednesday 6 November 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 6 November 1628: Henry Best agrees rates with threshers at Elmswell (Driffield)
- 6 November 1667: Cottage smiths of cutlery, scissors, shears, sickles and swords around Sheffield lobby for the expansion of exemptions from the 1662 hearth tax
- 6 November 1786: William Butterworth of Leeds witnesses the “grand pageant” celebrating the demise in July of Duke Ephraim, Efik king of Old Calabar
- 6 November 1830: Bodysnatchers strike at Fulford, York
- 6 November 1903: Percy Broomhead fires his revolver at his neighbour’s house during a defamation dispute
- 6 November 1973: Baron Rhodes of Saddleworth (WR/GM) recounts to the Lords a chat with a gamekeeper about the failure of the Tory PM Ted Heath to control the money supply
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 07:09-16:19, zenith 11:44
- Moon: rise 12:57 set 18:57, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 07:15-16:24, zenith 11:49
- Moon: rise 13:02 set 19:02, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 07:16-16:20, zenith 11:48
- Moon: rise 13:08 set 18:53, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 07:13-16:25, zenith 11:49
- Moon: rise 12:58 set 19:06, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 07:13-16:22, zenith 11:47
- Moon: rise 13:02 set 18:59, waxing crescent
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