2022
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October 11th
PRESIDENT’S NEET June Schofield 
All the Presidents - Ladies and Men
On this evening, we will remember all our previous Presidents by reflecting on their contributions to the Society and by reading their favourite dialect poems and stories. |
November 8th
NARROWBOAT TALES Jo & Jan May 
Looking forward to an evening of fun and laughter as we hear about Jo & Jan's experiences on their narrowboat. Their talks cover various adventures (and hiccups) on two narrowboats and a Dutch Barge cruising in the UK, Holland, France and Belgium. They include a slide show over which they talk unscripted. Occasionally what they say actually relates to the photo! Each photograph is doctored on Photoshop: 1) To give the illusion of perpetual sunshine. (Unlikely) 2) To make Jo look thinner. (Improbable). Do come along it promises to be a fun evening. |
December 13th
MEMBERS’ KESMAS DO 
On this evening, members are invited to present their favourite dialect item with a Christmas theme, be it a poem, story or song.
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In the Chair
June Schofield |
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Stewart Chadwick |
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Alison Cooper |
2023
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Tuesday January 10th
My Life and Other Things Presented by Val Fielding Val promises a comical slant of life in her poems from her experiences of crown green bowling to amateur theatre amongst other things. 
In the Chair Marilyn Moore |
Tuesday February 14th
Love and Romance in Victorian Lancashire Poetry and prose from Lancashire’s finest writers. Presented by Sid Calderbank 
A native speaker of Lancashire Dialect,
Sid has been collecting songs and stories from Lancashire for over 40 years Chairman Jim Saville |
Tuesday March 14th
Annual Suppering-Do Edwin Waugh’s Birthday Celebration and Trophy Presentation Evening More details of the supper here. 
Trophies Presented by Stewart Chadwick In the Chair June Schofield |
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Tuesday April 11th
7:00pm Annual General Meeting 7:30pm approx Prize winning Poetry of Jim Atherton 
‘The Bard of Darwen’, Jim Atherton,
died at the age of 90. Jim's poems were both in dialect and standard English giving readers plenty to think about, whether it was nostalgia for times past, the state of the world today, love and marriage, children, the seasons, the towns and landscapes of the North, old age… and his own mortality. In the Chair Alyson Brailsford |
Tuesday May 9th
Tim Bobbin Revisited” presented by Alison Cooper & Jim Parker
Alison will be speaking on one of
Tim Bobbin's poems - "The Blackbird". In the Chair
John Pye As an extra bit of interest here is
Tim Bobbin's view of Lancashire Dialect 
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Tuesday June 13th
"A Blast from the Past" Letters and recordings from past members, including Harvey Kershaw 
In the Chair Alyson Brailsford |
Sunday Aug 6th 2023
Special Summer Gathering
1:00 pm
Lunch at "The Regal Moon", Wetherspoons, Rochdale, OL16 1HB
2:30 pm
Meet at the Lancashire Dialect Writers' Monument in Broadfield Park, Rochdale
for readings, poems and songs
Special Summer Gathering
1:00 pm
Lunch at "The Regal Moon", Wetherspoons, Rochdale, OL16 1HB
2:30 pm
Meet at the Lancashire Dialect Writers' Monument in Broadfield Park, Rochdale
for readings, poems and songs
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Monument stands in Broadfield Park, Rochdale, Lancashire, England. The pictured face, one of four, is dedicated to Edwin Waugh.Upper inscription reads: Edwin Waugh Born Rochdale, 27th Jan'y 1817 Died New Brighton, 30th April 1890 "Come whoam to thi childer an me"
Lower inscription reads: In grateful memory of four Rochdale writers of the Lancashire dialect who have preserved for our children, in verse and prose that will not die, the strength and tenderness, the gravity and humours of the fold of our day, in the tongue and talk of the people. This memorial was erected A.D. 1900. The other faces are dedicated to Oliver Ormerod, Margaret Rebecca Lahee, and John Trafford Clegg. |
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