NATIONAL DIALECT FESTIVAL
Congratulations to two of our members who won cups in this event held in Blackpool, 19th - 21 st October 2018 -
Ron Williams won the Samuel Laycock Cup for the best poem in Lancashire dialect.
Frank Gibson won the Eric Topping Cup for the best performance piece.
Brendan Hawthorne from the Black Country won the Bill O Bows Cup for the best poem in any dialect.
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Bolton Station Community Gala 30th June 2018
Report from Sally Williams
The Society was invited to partake in the community event by Prof Paul Salveson MBE, celebrating the last steam train to leave Bolton Station which was fifty years to the day Saturday June 30th.
There we had a stall where we sold quite a few of our donated books and invited people to have words translated into the Lancashire dialect.
Three members dressed in Victorian costume which drew quite a lot of attention as Alyson and Michael read Edwin Waugh’s dialect poetry.
The stall attracted quite a few people interested in the Lancashire dialect, who were eager to chat to us about dialect and different pronunciations, so we were happy to inform and learn new dialect words ourselves.
A few writers also showed interest and it was lovely to hear of their writing of their particular dialect.
We gave out quite a few syllabuses in the hope that they may attend our meetings. I do think we generated quite a lot of interest as the stall proved quite popular.
All in all a good day and we are happy to say we sold books to the value of sixty one pounds.
Congratulations to two of our members who won cups in this event held in Blackpool, 19th - 21 st October 2018 -
Ron Williams won the Samuel Laycock Cup for the best poem in Lancashire dialect.
Frank Gibson won the Eric Topping Cup for the best performance piece.
Brendan Hawthorne from the Black Country won the Bill O Bows Cup for the best poem in any dialect.
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Bolton Station Community Gala 30th June 2018
Report from Sally Williams
The Society was invited to partake in the community event by Prof Paul Salveson MBE, celebrating the last steam train to leave Bolton Station which was fifty years to the day Saturday June 30th.
There we had a stall where we sold quite a few of our donated books and invited people to have words translated into the Lancashire dialect.
Three members dressed in Victorian costume which drew quite a lot of attention as Alyson and Michael read Edwin Waugh’s dialect poetry.
The stall attracted quite a few people interested in the Lancashire dialect, who were eager to chat to us about dialect and different pronunciations, so we were happy to inform and learn new dialect words ourselves.
A few writers also showed interest and it was lovely to hear of their writing of their particular dialect.
We gave out quite a few syllabuses in the hope that they may attend our meetings. I do think we generated quite a lot of interest as the stall proved quite popular.
All in all a good day and we are happy to say we sold books to the value of sixty one pounds.
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Regretfully, the Annual Concert and Strawberry Tea, set for 14th July, has been cancelled.
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RADIO 4 PROGRAMME
Catherine Harvey recently visited the society for help in producing the first episode of the her series "Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets", which goes out on Sunday 13th May 2018 at 4.30 pm. There is a repeat the following Saturday evening, as well as being on iplayer. See below for a synopsis of the programmes.
Tongue And Talk: The Dialect Poets
13, 20 and 27 May 2018, 4.30-5pm
Over three programmes from 13 May Radio 4 explores dialect poetry in Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Northumberland in Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets.
In the first programme, actor and writer Catherine Harvey returns to her roots in the North West of England to see if the dialect poetry of the cotton mills of the 19th century is alive today. The Lancashire dialect poets were once household names. Their writings articulate the voices of cotton weavers and mill workers in Victorian industrial Lancashire with a mixture of humour and pathos.
In episode two, writer James Walker unearths the dialect poetry of the miners who penned their verse underground. Through the humour of the poems, James explores a language used almost exclusively by miners and finds retired pitmen still reciting their dialect poetry in venues across Nottinghamshire.
The final episode in the series offers a snapshot of dialect poetry in Northumberland today. When children’s writer Kirsty McKay returned home recently she was struck by the erosion of dialect and culture by the encroachment of urbanisation and influx of people moving into the area. Kirsty rediscovers the dialect poetry through listening to old tapes recorded by her late father.
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Regretfully, the Annual Concert and Strawberry Tea, set for 14th July, has been cancelled.
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RADIO 4 PROGRAMME
Catherine Harvey recently visited the society for help in producing the first episode of the her series "Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets", which goes out on Sunday 13th May 2018 at 4.30 pm. There is a repeat the following Saturday evening, as well as being on iplayer. See below for a synopsis of the programmes.
Tongue And Talk: The Dialect Poets
13, 20 and 27 May 2018, 4.30-5pm
Over three programmes from 13 May Radio 4 explores dialect poetry in Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Northumberland in Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets.
In the first programme, actor and writer Catherine Harvey returns to her roots in the North West of England to see if the dialect poetry of the cotton mills of the 19th century is alive today. The Lancashire dialect poets were once household names. Their writings articulate the voices of cotton weavers and mill workers in Victorian industrial Lancashire with a mixture of humour and pathos.
In episode two, writer James Walker unearths the dialect poetry of the miners who penned their verse underground. Through the humour of the poems, James explores a language used almost exclusively by miners and finds retired pitmen still reciting their dialect poetry in venues across Nottinghamshire.
The final episode in the series offers a snapshot of dialect poetry in Northumberland today. When children’s writer Kirsty McKay returned home recently she was struck by the erosion of dialect and culture by the encroachment of urbanisation and influx of people moving into the area. Kirsty rediscovers the dialect poetry through listening to old tapes recorded by her late father.
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Rochdale Literature and Ideas Festival
The dates for 2018 are Monday 15 October - Monday 22 October
Link to the venue: http://rochdaleliteraturefestival.co.uk/
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The dates for 2018 are Monday 15 October - Monday 22 October
Link to the venue: http://rochdaleliteraturefestival.co.uk/
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