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    • 2023-24 Trophy Winners >
      • Richard Holland Cup Winning Entry
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      • 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
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      • Poems and Songs Vol 1 1889
      • Posies From a Country Garden
      • More Poems and Songs - Full Length Book
      • Miscellany
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    • Other Waugh's letters
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    • 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
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The Annual Waugh's Birthday Celebration 'Suppering Do' and
​Trophy Winners 2022  

This took place on Tuesday 10th May. 
The meat & potato pies and the cheese & onion pies were prepared by Anne Leggett Catering and were much enjoyed by everyone, as were the seconds!

Prize winners were announced and the winnings entries read out to an appreciative audience comprising members and a good number of their guests who also entertained us admirably. One of them, Ian Aitchison,  won T' Kissin' Shuttle for his very funny poem, for the best performance on the evening. It was based on the Waste Removal companies who advertise on a page in the Rochdale Observer, for whom Ian writes a weekly poem on recent happenings in Rochdale.

A list of all the 2022 trophy winners is available here and photos here (more to come)

  Hindle Wakes Evening on March 8th

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​What a reet gud do
 this was!
​We had a good turn out and everyone joined in the singing heartily.
It was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone from the comments we received afterwards.

Meetings resumed on Tuesday 12th October 2021 at 7:30pm

We have decided to restart our meetings again.
PLEASE NOTE: meetings from now on will always be on the second Tuesday and NOT the second Wednesday evening.
​We hope that all current members will be able to accommodate that in their diaries and hopefully attract new and previous members who were not able to come on Wednesdays.

Saturday 17th July 2021 - Annual Waugh's Well Walk

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Videos and Photo Gallery now available

Poetic apologies received

Read Sally Williams' poetic apologies
​for not managing to come on the walk.

In Memorium

It is with sadness we report the passing of six members of the society since postponing our meetings due to Covid19
2021
Marjorie Bottomley
Marjorie was a lovely lady with a wonderful sense of humour  who, with great aplomb, simply loved reciting dialect poetry .

Gaye Marsh
Gaye was such a positive and caring person, with lots of interests.
​She'll be sadly missed at EWDS and lots of other places we are sure.
2020
​Brenda Hepworth      May 2020
Olwen Clarke               October 2020
Brian Foster                  November 2020 
Vera Howarth              November 2020

Brenda and Vera were good friends of former President Denise Lye and faithful members until immobility prevented them attending meetings.
Olwen was a performer of dialect and past Chair of committee and committee member.
Brian was a life member and former committee member.  A writer of dialect poetry, Brian was often called upon to judge the competition entries.  He was a member of the Lancashire Authors Association and their former librarian.

May they R.I.P. 
  • 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