Yorkshire on Sunday 1 December 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 December 1773: 2½ days after leaving London, legal clerk Foster Powell walks into York, rests briefly, and starts back
- 1 December 1843: Unappetising conditions in the police cells and the old lock-up at Halifax
- 1 December 1851: John (65) and Betty (73) of Wibsey are at long last united in a “funny wedding” at Bradford
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)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!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 07:54-15:46, zenith 11:50
- Moon: rise 08:46 set 15:07, new moon
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 07:59-15:51, zenith 11:55
- Moon: rise 08:52 set 15:11, new moon
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:02-15:46, zenith 11:54
- Moon: rise 08:57 set 15:03, new moon
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 07:56-15:53, zenith 11:55
- Moon: rise 08:48 set 15:15, new moon
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 07:58-15:48, zenith 11:53
- Moon: rise 08:51 set 15:08, new moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ First Sunday of Advent
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