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    • 2023-24 Trophy Winners >
      • Richard Holland Cup Winning Entry
      • Harry Craven 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
  • 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
    • 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

Society Sales - Books

The Society has a collection of old dialect books for sale, some in good condition, some not so.
From time to time we receive donations and presently have several books in our library.
                              
Please contact Alyson Brailsford to purchase or to enquire 
​                                    [email protected]     07773 710 325                      
                                                                         
 EDWIN WAUGH BOOKS

                                    Poems and Songs, dated 1877, a signed copy...….£15
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                                    BROWN HARDBACKS
  
                                    Tufts of Heather...………………………………………………..£4
                                                                      
                                   BLUE HARDBACKS

                                      Besom Ben Stories...………………………….………………..£4
                                      Poems and Songs...………………………………………...……£6
                                      Chimney Corner...……………………………………………….£4
                                      Chimney Corner (poor condition)………  ……………..£2

                                      Tufts of Heather..1.…………………….……………….………£4   
                                      Tufts of Heather  2...……………………..…………………….£4      
                                      Rambles in the Lake Country...………..…………… ……£4
                                      Lancashire Sketches...………….……………… ……   ……..£4      
                                                                                                  

BOOKS BY OTHER AUTHORS
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                                      Size of the People                                                                                                                                                £4
                                      The Changing Face of Rossendale                                       by Ken Whitehead
                                      The Second Bacup Miscellany                                                                                                                      £3
                                      Now't so Queer as Folk                                                              by Derek Boothroyd                         £2
                                      Baynam's Elocution                                                                      by George Baynam                            £3
                                      The Dalesman - Yorkshire Album - 1976                                                                                               £2
                                      Living Lancashire                                                                           by Bob Dobson & Eric Topping.  £2
                                      Queer folk - a comicality of Yprkshire characters      by Maurice Colbeck                          £2
                                      Best of Yorkshire Humour                                                                                                                               £2
                                      Lancashire - 1939 -1945 ~Working For Victory         by Ron Freethy.                                    £3
                                     Monologues & Poems                                                                  by William Bates.                                 £1
                                      Lancashire Legends.                                                                     by Kathleen Eyre.                                £2
                                      Lanky Twang                                                                                     by Peter  Wright.                                 £2
                                     The Funny Side of Life                                                                  by Benita Moore                                  £2
                                      Beckside Lights                                                                               by John Ackworth                               £2
                                      Lancashire Humour and Pathos                                            by L Saunders                                        £3
                                      Sketches and Rhymes in Rochdale Dialect                     by Trafford Clegg                                £8
                                      Also a 'new' book                                                                           
                                      Sneck, Bants and Jannock Hearts                                         by Lowell Dobbs
                                                         was £16-99 - now reduced to only £6-99     SAVE £10 per copy

              ALL BOOKS OFFERED FOR SALE ARE IN GOOD OR REASONABLE CONDITION,
              BEARING IN MIND THAT SOME ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD!

CDs
We also have a quantity of THE TIN POT POETS CD - 25 tracks of humorous dialect poems. 
They run for over an hour and sell at £7 each.   
​The proceeds are donated to the Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team.  
 
​Please contact Ron and Sally Williams to purchase or to enquire

​                                                        01706 826227      [email protected]          ​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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  • HOME
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  • ABOUT US
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    • 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
    • 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