Event: Edwin Waugh Dialect Society

Tuesday 08 February 2022
7.30pm start - 9pm

St Andrew's Methodist and United Reformed Church
Entwistle Road
Rochdale
OL16 2HZ

DETAILS:

Tonight's session is 'Women Dialect Writers ​in Lancashire' presented by Dr Paul Salveson.

Lancashire dialect writing is often seen as very much a male preserve but Paul’s talk will introduce several highly talented women who wrote in dialect, including Margaret Lahee of Rochdale, Hannah Mitchell from Manchester and Helen Lee of Poulton-le-Fydle, as well as more recent female writers. The importance of the Lancashire Authors’ Association is providing a supportive network for aspiring writers, male and female, will be discussed.

In the Chair: Stewart Chadwick

Waugh Item: Marilyn Moore

Edwin Waugh Dialect Society meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month (previously Wednesday) from October to June, commencing at 7.30pm at St Andrew's Methodist and United Reformed Church, Rochdale (between Rochdale Leisure Centre and Aldi). There is free onsite parking.

Annual subscription is £5, but voluntary donations at each meeting help defray the cost of the room hire. Your first meeting is free.

Formed in 1938 by a group of Lancashire Dialect enthusiasts, the objects of the society are the maintaining and increasing of interest in Lancashire.

At the meetings, members are entertained by a speaker or a performer.

Visit the link below for the full 2022 calendar.

01706 826227

https://www.edwinwaughdialectsociety.com/events-calendar.html