Yorkshire on Friday 7 November 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 7 November 1866: James Robinson of Barnsley is observed teaching his dog to worry cats
- 7 November 1866: The Huddersfield Improvement Commissioners hear of the unsatisfactory arrangements for married couples in dosshouses
- 7 November 1920: In a guest sermon in the parish church where his father had officiated, Clifford Allbutt evokes the village of Dewsbury in the 1840s
- 7 November 1959: The last tram scheduled in Leeds, no. 181 or 187, runs from Cross Gates to Kirkgate or Swinegate
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: 07:11-16:18, zenith 11:45
- Moon: set 10:30 rise 16:48, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:16-16:23, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 10:36 rise 16:52, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:17-16:19, zenith 11:48
- Moon: set 10:41 rise 16:44, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:14-16:24, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 10:32 rise 16:56, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:15-16:20, zenith 11:48
- Moon: set 10:35 rise 16:49, waning gibbous
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