On this page you can experience dialect speakers reading Lancashire literature by not only hearing the dialect but seeing the source poem as well. This will be particularly beneficial to those unused to the sight and sound of the County's dialect and we hope will encourage people to start 'having a go' themselves once familiarity is achieved.

Wigan

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Austin Lyons Accent dialect WI Bentham Jones Thornton Thorn Dialect interest HI
Betty Fairhurst Babys Yed WI Betty Fairhurst Mum phrase WI
Christine Bishop No Accent PE Doreen Thomas Manners and Accent WI
Doris Birchall Pulled Wall down BI Elizabeth Robinson Quote WI
Elsie Ball Mother sayings WI Gwen Charnock Proud of accent WI
Irene Owen Don't lose accent LE Irene Owen Family miners Dialect LE
James Hall Doctor story IN James Hall Sayings Granny IN
Jim Winstanley Thessole BR Johnson Hurst Worthington Hurst a bonny bugga WI
Lawrence Rigby Pub stool and spitting WI Martin Bradley Choose how you speak WI
Martin Bradley Pig in a Ginnel WI Pam Boardman Wigan accent watered down HI
Raymond Davies Gooin Round th'Arrow WI Raymond Davies Stubshaw with a P WI
Raymond Davies Th'accy Radio WI Ronald Birchall Dialect examples AB
RoseWinstanley Woodintholeetc WI Sharon Lowe Wood in thole etc WI
Trevor Boardman Dialect saying HI James Hall Doctor story IN