Ah cannut be ower jiggered az ahs nut sa much ov a liggy bed fur this updyate.
Lots garn on tha. Ah wuz wid me marras fra t'Society ower in Lamplugh fur oor Members Day at start ovt' month. Dick Gargett winning t' Len Hayton trophy.
On bonfire neet, Sue Wilkinson lairned uz al'aboot Grasmere Dialect plays wid Jean und John tredding boawds tu bring plays tu life wid readings.
Ahs put full wreet up ont' News pyage.
Ahs bin givvun t'calendar ov Society events fur 2025. If thu cums bak efter 6th December, ah'll git Diary pyage updyated fur thu.
At our members day in Lamplugh, Linda showed us the Word Cloud she created from Cumbrian words.
We are thinking we'd like to get some Polo / T-Shirts / Huddies printed.
Afore we do, we'd like some feedback on the design. Have we got your favourite word on there? Do you like the black and white or do you think colour would look better?
Use the form at the bottom of the page to feedback or email the secretary. I'll let you know the best Words you suggest (I'm happy they put Mislikken on there!).
News - 14th November 2024
With an update of our Members Day in Lamplugh and the Grasmere Dialect Plays event.
Featured - 29th October 2024
Have a read of the Twe Farmers fra Wigton attempting to catch the moon home!
Theres also an extract from the Glossary of the Hundred of Lonsdale.
Diary - 13th October 2024
We've completed our 2024 events. The diary will be updated with next years events with the 6th December update.
When I update the website I'll put a note out @Workytown on Chunter (Twitter / X). Next update is due on 6th December.
Formed in 1939, the Lakeland Dialect Society came about out of a series of "Merry Neets", entertaining get-togethers at which town and country folk talk, sing and recite poetry, in the dialect of the Lakeland region:
Cumberland, Westmorland and the Furness district of Lancashire, now all in the modern county of Cumbria in the English Lake District.
The first Lakeland Dialect Society committee met at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery in Carlisle on June 10, 1939.
Members agreed that the aims of the society would be to preserve and celebrate the ancient speech of the region.
From the outset the Society was dedicated to the academic study of the Cumbrian dialects and to fostering the dialect speech and writing.
The constitution states: The objects of the Society shall be to encourage interest in the writing of Dialect Verse, Prose and Drama; to stimulate the publication of Dialect Literature and the production of Dialect Plays; to study the origins and history of Dialect, Folk-lore, Folk Songs and Local Customs and Traditions. The Society shall endeavour to bring together lovers of dialect so as to develop interest therein. If possible it shall make tape recordings of the various dialects within the area. These remain our aims today.
Despite difficulties in the years following 1939, the Society got established and flourished. Membership is currently around 250. Members live not only in the Lake District but also throughout the UK, and the rest of the World—all united in a love of “oor mak o’ twoak”!
The Society meets at roughly quarterly intervals, on Saturday afternoons at venues throughout Cumbria. Prospective members or casual visitors are always warmly welcomed, and a good “crack” is always guaranteed! A church service conducted in dialect is held biennially and there are occasional public performances. A Journal, published annually, is free to all members.
To join, contact a member of the society at the email address below, or telephone.
I'll tell the'
We're nut stuck up er prood i't mooth
Fer t'main on us was bred in't fells,
We're nobbut wiet, yammly, fwoak
Off t'seeam switch as yersels.
An' like yersels, we clag tight tull
0't bits o'country ways an' looar;
We like ta hod a crack aboot
T'auld dale-fwoak' at hev gone afooar.
Mi fadder, (an' nea doot he's reet),
Sez t's main o't' fell fwoak er o't seame
They "Hawk tagidder" on a drag,
Till Foxy's brush is hung on t'beame.
He sez 'at t' interest (like t' auld Fox)
Is rousan 'noo fer thee an' me,
Soo join, yersels, an git yer kin
Ta join oor own Society.
From The Works of Lance Porter - Lakeland Treasury
Compiled and edited by Ted Relph and Published by the Society
Have a look at our latest programme - we'll be meeting around the county from March until November and we'd love to see you there for some discussion and enjoyment of dialect and our rich heritage.
President: Mrs Jean Scott-Smith, Gale View, Main Street, Shap, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3NH. Phone: 01931 716386
Email: lakespeak.jean@gmail.com
Journal Editor: Mrs Louise Green, Overdale, Ireby, Wigton, Cumbria CA7 1EQ. Phone: 01697371710
Email: louise.green2608@gmail.com
Secretary and Website: Phillip Gate, Workington
If you prefer to send a letter or speak by phone, please use our contact form and I'll get back to you.
Email: pg-cumbria@gmx.com
If you request a reply by email, and haven't heard back, please check your junk mail folder.
Secretary: Mr Phillip Gate, Workington
Email: pg-cumbria@gmx.com
Journal Editor: Mrs Louise Green, Overdale, Ireby, Wigton, Cumbria CA7 1EQ. Phone: 01697371710
Email: louise.green2608@gmail.com
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