SPEAKERS FOR YOUR MEETINGS
The following members offer their services as speakers / entertainers to outside organisations.
Please contact the member directly to enquire about availability, terms, fees, etc.
Sid Calderbank 01257 269 397 lancashire.sid@hotmail.com
Sally Williams 01706 826 227 tynewydd3@msn.com
(Sally writes under the name of Sally James)
The Tin Pot Poets 01706 826227 tynewydd3@msn.com
Alyson Brailsford 07773 710 325 alyson.brailsford@gmail.com
Betty Lightfoot 0161 794 2387 mandblightfoot@hotmail.co.uk
Robin Parker 07977 481 766 robinparker@hotmail.co.uk
Michael Higgins 0161 626 4007 wickentree@aol.com
Dr. Paul Salveson 07795 008 691 paul.salveson@myphone.coop
The speakers / entertainers have provided the following information :-
Sid Calderbank
Sid's talks on the Lancashire Dialect are -
'A Lancashire Garland' - The History of the Lancashire Dialect in Songs, Stories and Poems
'Love and Romance in Victorian Lancashire' - Poetry and Prose from Lancashire's finest
'The Lancashire Cotton Famine' - How we survived the American Civil War (1861 - 65)
'Jone O'Grinfilt' - Lancashire's most successful 19th century ballad
'The Poets & Poetry of Victorian Blackburn' - Just what it says!
Sally James
Sally writes in both Standard English and Lancashire Dialect and is available to give readings of both genres if required.
She has an M.A. in Creative writing from Bolton University write in both standard English and Lancashire dialect and has had poetry and short stories published in both genres in small press magazines, anthologies, the Internet and read on local radio. She also writes poetry for children. She has four pamphlets of poetry published:
She write under her previous married name of Sally James and is in the process of compiling a collection of short stories and dialect poetry for possible publication.
The Tin Pot Poets
Ron and Sally Williams founded the Tin Pot Poets in 2014 . Both are long standing members of the Edwin Waugh Dialect Society. They both write in humorous dialect verse but can be serious or topical if desired. They are available to give performances when required and have recently made a CD, the profits from which are going to the Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team.
Alyson Brailsford
Her talk is 'Journey through life as seen through the pen of the Lancashire dialect writers'.
Betty Lightfoot
Betty performs her own poems and monologues, mainly childhood and past and present family memories.
Robin Parker
Robin's talk is entitled 'From East End to Edenfield; history of the Lancashire comedy monologue'
Michael Higgins
My occasional topics for the Royton History Society have included Morris Dancing and Rushbearing, Rhymes and Songs of the Christian Year, Peterloo, and various specialised local history topics such as History of Royton, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the ’45 in Lancashire etc. In 2013 (the 500th anniversary) I spoke to half a dozen societies on Lancashire and the Battle of Flodden - The Lancashire troops made up a third of the English army. So anything on Lancashire is my general interest.
As for the subject of Lancashire literature - dialect and standard - I have not actually put together anything as yet. I do recite and sing dialect and standard verse at poetry and music events and could produce something on medieval Lancashire verse up to today.
Alternatively, I could do an outline of more obscure dialect writers and their work.
Dr. Paul Salveson
Among his talks are -
'Dialect literature of the Lancashire Cotton Industry'
'Allen Clarke/Teddy Ashton... Lancashire's Romantic Radical'
'Women dialect writers in Lancashire'
NB. The Society accepts no responsibility for any person named here or the quality and/or suitability of any performance by them.
Please contact the member directly to enquire about availability, terms, fees, etc.
Sid Calderbank 01257 269 397 lancashire.sid@hotmail.com
Sally Williams 01706 826 227 tynewydd3@msn.com
(Sally writes under the name of Sally James)
The Tin Pot Poets 01706 826227 tynewydd3@msn.com
Alyson Brailsford 07773 710 325 alyson.brailsford@gmail.com
Betty Lightfoot 0161 794 2387 mandblightfoot@hotmail.co.uk
Robin Parker 07977 481 766 robinparker@hotmail.co.uk
Michael Higgins 0161 626 4007 wickentree@aol.com
Dr. Paul Salveson 07795 008 691 paul.salveson@myphone.coop
The speakers / entertainers have provided the following information :-
Sid Calderbank
Sid's talks on the Lancashire Dialect are -
'A Lancashire Garland' - The History of the Lancashire Dialect in Songs, Stories and Poems
'Love and Romance in Victorian Lancashire' - Poetry and Prose from Lancashire's finest
'The Lancashire Cotton Famine' - How we survived the American Civil War (1861 - 65)
'Jone O'Grinfilt' - Lancashire's most successful 19th century ballad
'The Poets & Poetry of Victorian Blackburn' - Just what it says!
Sally James
Sally writes in both Standard English and Lancashire Dialect and is available to give readings of both genres if required.
She has an M.A. in Creative writing from Bolton University write in both standard English and Lancashire dialect and has had poetry and short stories published in both genres in small press magazines, anthologies, the Internet and read on local radio. She also writes poetry for children. She has four pamphlets of poetry published:
- "Deawn Earw Alley"
- "Silhouettes " published by Tiresias Press in 2000.
- "Coal dust in their veins" published by Thynks publications 2014
- "The Wasamaroo and other poems" published by Scott Martin Publications 2018.
She write under her previous married name of Sally James and is in the process of compiling a collection of short stories and dialect poetry for possible publication.
The Tin Pot Poets
Ron and Sally Williams founded the Tin Pot Poets in 2014 . Both are long standing members of the Edwin Waugh Dialect Society. They both write in humorous dialect verse but can be serious or topical if desired. They are available to give performances when required and have recently made a CD, the profits from which are going to the Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team.
Alyson Brailsford
Her talk is 'Journey through life as seen through the pen of the Lancashire dialect writers'.
Betty Lightfoot
Betty performs her own poems and monologues, mainly childhood and past and present family memories.
Robin Parker
Robin's talk is entitled 'From East End to Edenfield; history of the Lancashire comedy monologue'
Michael Higgins
My occasional topics for the Royton History Society have included Morris Dancing and Rushbearing, Rhymes and Songs of the Christian Year, Peterloo, and various specialised local history topics such as History of Royton, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the ’45 in Lancashire etc. In 2013 (the 500th anniversary) I spoke to half a dozen societies on Lancashire and the Battle of Flodden - The Lancashire troops made up a third of the English army. So anything on Lancashire is my general interest.
As for the subject of Lancashire literature - dialect and standard - I have not actually put together anything as yet. I do recite and sing dialect and standard verse at poetry and music events and could produce something on medieval Lancashire verse up to today.
Alternatively, I could do an outline of more obscure dialect writers and their work.
Dr. Paul Salveson
Among his talks are -
'Dialect literature of the Lancashire Cotton Industry'
'Allen Clarke/Teddy Ashton... Lancashire's Romantic Radical'
'Women dialect writers in Lancashire'
NB. The Society accepts no responsibility for any person named here or the quality and/or suitability of any performance by them.