12 November 2024
Tuesday 12 November 2024
7.30pm start - 9pm
St Andrew's Methodist and United Reformed Church
Entwistle Road
Rochdale
OL16 2HZ
Details:
A native speaker of Lancashire Dialect,
Sid has been collecting dialect songs and stories from Lancashire for over 40 years.
Sid will be drilling down into the many Lancashire dialect words and explaining their history, usage and meanings .
In the Chair - Jim Saville
Waugh Reading: Marylin 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 £10, 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 2024 calendar.
01706 826227
https://www.edwinwaughdialectsociety.com/events-2024-25.html
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