Was Good Friday a sensible day to plant potatoes?
Back to Fred White’s weather records for Good Friday from 1913. The shop was not open and most years Fred just wrote ‘Good Friday’ on the day with occasional comments about the day’s weather. After his daughter, Muriel, took over the shop in 1949 she continued recording the weather but stopped noting Good Friday as a special day and kept the shop open. 1913 21 March 1914 10 April 1915 2 April, Very wet after noon 1916 21 April, Morning heavy rain, cold wind and showers 1917 6 April 1918 29 March, Fine, dull 1919 18 April, A lovely day, very hot all day 1920 2 April, Fine and bright intervals 1921 25 March, Closed fitting new ceiling in shop 1922 14 April 1923 30 March, Hot, bright and fine while 3pm then thunder storm and rain, fair evening. Smiths and Vesseys [came] from Marple 1924 18 April 1925 10 April, Heavy rain till noon 1926 2 April, Warm, bright and fine. Lovely day 1927 15 April 1928 6 April, Fine and bright 1929 29 March, A delightful day, hot, bright and fine 1930 18 April,
