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    • 2023-24 Trophy Winners >
      • Richard Holland Cup Winning Entry
      • Harry Craven Cup Winning Entry
      • President's Cup Winning Entry
      • T' Kissin' Shuttle Winning Entry
    • 2022 - 23 Trophy Winners
    • 2022 - 23 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 - 21 Trophy Winners
    • 2020 - 21 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 - 21 Winning Entries blank >
      • ODE TO A COTTON REEL - Sally James
      • ABSENT FRIENDS - NODDLE YED'S TALE - Betty Lightfoot
      • PiICKING COAL WITH DAD - Sally James
      • NIGHT SHIFT - Neville Southern
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
    • 2019 Winning Entries >
      • A LUVIN’ ‘USBANT’S TREAT - Ron Williams
      • MOLLIE'S MEANDERINGS - Sally James
      • BLOOD BROTHERS - Sally James
      • THE OLD MILL STREAM - Sally James
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
  • Edwin Waugh
    • Brief Biography
    • Waugh's Poems >
      • Poems and Songs Vol 1 1889
      • Posies From a Country Garden
      • More Poems and Songs - Full Length Book
      • Miscellany
    • Waugh's letters to his publisher
    • Other Waugh's letters
  • Waugh's Well
    • Notice Board Replacement
    • WAUGH'S WELL WALK
    • Videos and Gallery - 2021 Walk
    • Gallery - 2018 Walk
    • Gallery - 2017 Walk
    • Early Waugh's Well Photos
  • OUTSIDE EVENTS
    • FOLK LIKE US EVENT
    • 2018 Bolton Station Promotion >
      • Gallery - Bolton Station Stall
      • Video - Sid Calderbank with his Bones
      • Video - Come Whoam to thi' Childer an' Me
    • 2017 Nov 24 Edwin Waugh Tribute Night >
      • Edwin Waugh Tribute Night - Video of the whole performance
      • Videos of the Individual Songs from the evening >
        • Lift On The Way
        • Com Whoam t' thi' Childer and Me
        • Bide On
        • When The Sun Goes Down
    • 2017 National Dialect Festival >
      • Video - Sid Calderbank recites poem
  • SALES

Events Calendar
​2021 – 2022

2021

October 12th
7:00pm
Annual General Meeting (20mins)

followed by
7:30pm
PRESIDENT’S NEET (with owd pals)


​On this evening, the President
requests his "owd pals" to read their favourite dialect poems and stories
or tell of their other
​dialect related topics.
November 9th
Remembering Two Accrington Pals
Alan and Les Bond
"Gone but Not Forgotten"
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The humorous and touching poetry of
​Les and Alan Bond
December 14th
MEMBERS’ KESMAS DO
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On  this evening,
members are invited
to present their
favourite dialect item
with a Christmas theme,
be it a poem, story or song.


​​In the Chair
Ron Williams

Waugh Item
Geoff Miller


​​In the Chair
Sid Calderbank

Waugh Item
Michael Higgins


​​​In the Chair

Alyson Brailsford

Waugh Item
John Pye

2022

January 11th
Life and Times of Randal Mundy
​Randal Mundy BA. BSc.
Born Stalybridge 1862.

​Dialect poet and educationalist, geologist, biologist and linguist. Embarked on a world tour in 1912, 18 months later returned "home". Wrote the Prata Pie song!
Died Stalybridge 1937.
​
​
Presented by
​Sid Calderbank
Prata Pie sung here by Sid
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​In the Chair

Sally Williams

Waugh Item
Ron Williams
​
​​February 8th
Women Dialect Writers
​in Lancashire


​Lancashire dialect writing is often seen as very much a male preserve but Paul’s talk will introduce several highly talented women who wrote in dialect, including Margaret Lahee of Rochdale, Hannah Mitchell from Manchester and Helen Lee of Poulton-le-Fydle as well as more recent female writers. The importance of the Lancashire Authors’ Association is providing a supportive network for aspiring writers, male and female, will be discussed.
​
Presented by
​
Dr Paul Salveson
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In the Chair
Stewart Chadwick

Waugh Item
Marilyn Moore
​
​March 8th
An Evening with
Hindle Wakes

​
​"It’s bound t’ be a ‘reet gud do -
​so you mun be theer!

and… it’s FREE too!"
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Hindle Wakes
​In the Chair
Elaine Wedge

Waugh Item
Geoff Miller
​
April 12th
7:00pm 
Annual General Meeting

​7:30pm   approx
 “`Lancashire Quiz Night”

Question Master
John Pye


​8:30pm approx
"Pass - Shoot - Goal!"
rehearsal

In the Chair
Stewart Chadwick

Waugh Item
Alyson Brailsford
 May 10th
THE ANNUAL SUPPERIN’ DO

THE ANNUAL WAUGH'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION SUPPER and  PRESENTATION of TROPHIES
​
More details of
​the supper here.
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Trophies presented by
Stewart Chadwick
​
June 14th
Greetings From Wigan Pier
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​​Presented by Lawrence Hoy
Neaw tha dunt know me
An ah dunt know thee
Burr As’ll be comin seein thi afoor long
An then we’ll know, wunt wi? 
​
Ah’ll fotch some poems
Some stories an' songs
An' afore tha knows
We’st aw get along 

As long as tha' likes
Proper Lancashire talk
Wit love of dialect 
Fert gradely folk 
When we meet
We’ll be aw reet

See you soon: 
Fourteenth o' June
​I’ve been writing poems & songs all my life. And I love working in my own wonderful dialect. 
"I con tell tha cums fro Wigan, thee" is music to my ears. 
I’ve been fortunate enough to have success with the ‘Harvey Kershaw Award’ for one of my poems and with an award for ‘Best song in the Lancashire dialect’ for my song in tribute to Harvey: "Nobbut an Ordinary Mon" 
My favourite quote comes from Harvey himself who said, in defence of his use of our dialect: "If it’s good enough fert Lord, then it’s good enough for me!"
Lawrence Hoy.

In the Chair
Alison Cooper

Waugh Item
Sid Calderbank

Saturday July  9th 2022
Annual Walk to Waugh's Well​​
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Waugh's Well Walk page has full details of the walk and the starting point

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  • HOME
  • LATEST NEWS
  • Calendar
    • EVENTS 2024-25
  • ABOUT US
    • HOW TO FIND US
    • HOW TO JOIN
    • WAUGH'S BIRTHDAY SUPPER
    • COMMITTEE
    • OUR CONSTITUTION
    • SPEAKER SERVICES
    • CONTACT US
  • COMPETITIONS
    • 2023-24 Trophy Winners >
      • Richard Holland Cup Winning Entry
      • Harry Craven Cup Winning Entry
      • President's Cup Winning Entry
      • T' Kissin' Shuttle Winning Entry
    • 2022 - 23 Trophy Winners
    • 2022 - 23 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 - 21 Trophy Winners
    • 2020 - 21 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 - 21 Winning Entries blank >
      • ODE TO A COTTON REEL - Sally James
      • ABSENT FRIENDS - NODDLE YED'S TALE - Betty Lightfoot
      • PiICKING COAL WITH DAD - Sally James
      • NIGHT SHIFT - Neville Southern
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
    • 2019 Winning Entries >
      • A LUVIN’ ‘USBANT’S TREAT - Ron Williams
      • MOLLIE'S MEANDERINGS - Sally James
      • BLOOD BROTHERS - Sally James
      • THE OLD MILL STREAM - Sally James
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
  • Edwin Waugh
    • Brief Biography
    • Waugh's Poems >
      • Poems and Songs Vol 1 1889
      • Posies From a Country Garden
      • More Poems and Songs - Full Length Book
      • Miscellany
    • Waugh's letters to his publisher
    • Other Waugh's letters
  • Waugh's Well
    • Notice Board Replacement
    • WAUGH'S WELL WALK
    • Videos and Gallery - 2021 Walk
    • Gallery - 2018 Walk
    • Gallery - 2017 Walk
    • Early Waugh's Well Photos
  • OUTSIDE EVENTS
    • FOLK LIKE US EVENT
    • 2018 Bolton Station Promotion >
      • Gallery - Bolton Station Stall
      • Video - Sid Calderbank with his Bones
      • Video - Come Whoam to thi' Childer an' Me
    • 2017 Nov 24 Edwin Waugh Tribute Night >
      • Edwin Waugh Tribute Night - Video of the whole performance
      • Videos of the Individual Songs from the evening >
        • Lift On The Way
        • Com Whoam t' thi' Childer and Me
        • Bide On
        • When The Sun Goes Down
    • 2017 National Dialect Festival >
      • Video - Sid Calderbank recites poem
  • SALES