Yorkshire Almanac Source: Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer, of the County of York: With Select Lists of the Merchants and Traders of London, and the Principal Commercial and Manufacturing Towns of England; And a Variety of Other Commercial Information: Also a Copious List of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Yorkshire (1822)

Edward Baines. 1822. History, Directory and Gazetteer, of the County of York, Vol. 1 (West Riding). Leeds: Edward Baines at the Leeds Mercury office.

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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.

Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 970 historical serendipities (773K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,686 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,962 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, poetry, Kingston upon Hull, Bradford, Horse ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.