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      • 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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    • 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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Early Waugh's Well photo discovered of opening ceremony in 1866

More photos have been added to the Waugh's Well Galleries, one (likely) to be of the opening ceremony in 1866.

2023 Special Summer Gathering - A New Venture - Sun 6th August 2:30pm

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 A new venture - poetry reading and song around the Dialect Writers' Memorial Obelisk in Broadfield Park, Rochdale at 2:30pm on Sunday 6th August.
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An inscription you can find on the stone, by John Trafford Clegg, reads "It's as yezzy to look up as deawn, an it makes a vast difference in a mon."

If weather and time permits, we will also walk over to St Chad's church where Tim Bobbin's grave lies as a follow up to our May meeting in which Alison Cooper gave a wonderful exposition of his life along with an in depth look at his "Blackbird "poem which was  a critical view of the pious approach to Sunday activities in his time.

If you wish to extend the day, please do come and join us for lunch at the Regal Moon, Wetherspoons, Rochdale at 1:00pm.

The Annual Waugh's Birthday Celebration 'Suppering Do' and Trophy Winners 

This took place on Tuesday 14th March 2023 
The meat & potato pies and the cheese & onion pies were prepared by Anne Leggett Catering and were much enjoyed by everyone.

Betty Lightfoot won the President's Cup. T' Kissin' Shuttle, for the best performance on the night, was jointly won by Tom Byrne for his song, 'The Four-Loom Weaver', and his partner, Aimee, for her clog dancing rendition, to the tune of "She's a Lassie from Lancashire" by Florrie Ford. 
Most everybody else did a 'turn' and entertained us admirably. ​

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Here is the video of her performance
  • HOME
  • LATEST NEWS
  • Calendar
    • EVENTS 2022-23
    • EVENTS 2023-24
  • ABOUT US
    • HOW TO FIND US
    • HOW TO JOIN
    • WAUGH'S BIRTHDAY SUPPER
    • COMMITTEE
    • OUR CONSTITUTION
    • SPEAKER SERVICES
    • CONTACT US
  • COMPETITIONS
    • 2022 Trophy Winners
    • 2022 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 Trophy Winners
    • 2020 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 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 Well
    • WAUGH'S WELL WALK
    • Videos and Gallery - 2021 Walk
    • Gallery - 2018 Walk
    • Gallery - 2017 Walk
    • Early Waugh's Well Photos
  • OUTSIDE EVENTS
    • 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