Links to

As a Society, we are keen to network with as many like-minded souls as possible, both within the County and internationally.

All forms of links to others will be listed on this page. If you are interested in our work and would like to link to us, please let us know, and we will add you to our lists.

The Society, however, cannot be accountable for the content or style of other linked websites.

Welcome

The Noise We Mek!

Derek Stanton, has his own Lancashire themed website at lankylad.com

From his previous work with the Lancashire Dialect Society, he has also amassed a number of articles and links. Cick on the hyperlink to view the article or visit the link:

Derek's comments on the state of the dialect with a sample story Click for pdf.

Derek's Poets Corner Click for pdf.

Waugh's Well Click for pdf.

Dialect expert, Peter Wright Click for pdf.

The Accrington Pals Project Click for pdf.

Geoffrey Mather's Perspectives and Profiles of North West Life www.northtrek.plus.com

Promoting the true identity of Lancashire - The Friends of Real Lancashire www.forl.co.uk

The Weaver's Triangle - a heritage project remembering Burnley's cotton industry www.weaverstriangle.co.uk

Darwen Historical Society - for all Darreners www.dlhs.co.uk

Lancashire Dialect Lexicon 'for Gradely Folk' website

The Archive

Events

AGM 2010

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Contact Us

To promote our Society we have a number of events which you can read about on our Events Page.

It also contains a resume of past events.

Other Dialect Societies around the country Click for pdf.

Roger Barnes has his own bookshop at www.churchgreenbooks.co.uk

Bob Dobson also has a list of books for sale, especially Lancashire and Cheshire:landypublishing@yahoo.co.uk

Sid Calderbank has his site ,including Lancashire Garland productions www.sidcalderbank.co.uk

If you would like to join the Society and become a part of the resurgence of the Literary and Spoken Heritage of Lancashire, click HERE to view and submit a membership form.

NEXT MEETING:

8th September 7.00

St Chads Parish Centre Wheelton,Chorley. PR6 8AJ

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For all things Derbyshire - Keith Kendrick http://keithkendrick.co.uk

British Library website http://sounds.bl.uk

The Essential North West Sound Archive www.gmcro.co.uk/other/NWSA/nwsa.htm

The Oral History Society (NW) http://www.oralhistory.org.uk

Bolton Historical Association www.boltonhistassoc.org.uk

Lancashire Authors Association www.lancashireauthors.btik.com

Biographies and poems of Lancashire dialect poets http://oldpoetry.com

Lancashire literary works - Bamford, Laycock,Waugh etc. linked to Victorian radical poet, Gerald Massey www.gerald-massey.org.uk

BBC links - Melvyn Bragg and Voices