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Diary 2024

Programme of Events

(D) denotes the meeting will have dialect content

March 16th 2p.m.
Greystoke Village Hall nr Penrith CA11 0TW
On B5288
Speaker: Ray Griffiths
The History of Mountain Rescue

May 4th 2p.m.
Lowther Parish Hall
AGM & Members Day (D)

Sunday 16th June 3p.m.
Biennial Dialect Service
St. Lawrence's Church, Crosby Ravensworth (D)

September 14th 2p.m.
Selside Memorial Hall
On A6 between Kendal and Shap
Speaker Neil Hutchinson, dialect research in schools.

Sat 5th October (time TBC)
Silloth Rotary Club Dialect Competitions. (D)

November 2nd 12.30p.m.
Lamplugh Village hall CA14 4SF
On A5086 hall is on a bend (do not follow signs for Lamplugh)
Dialect competition and Members Day (D)

NO ADMISSION CHARGE AT MEETINGS
Please bring a contribution of food toward the tea or lunch at each meeting.
There will also be a Bring and Buy stall and raffle.

NOTE – November meeting starts at 12:30p.m. with communal lunch before the talk, instead of tea after, sea ye can git yam afore darknin’.

Visitors and new members always welcome

The 2024 National Dialect Festival

Our Friends at the Northumbrian Language Society are hosting this year's National Dialect Festival.

It's will take place between Friday 18th October and Sunday 20th October 2024 at The County Hotel, Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne (Opposite Newcastle Central train station).

On the Saturday there will be competitions for:

The Sam Laycock Trophy – for WRITING in the host dialect (this time Northumbrian)
The Bill o' Bowes Trophy – for WRITING in any English dialect
The Eric Topping Trophy – For a PERFORMANCE of any English Dialect piece.

Entries for the writing competitions must be performed by the author and must not exceed 5 MINUTES in length (inc. introduction)

Our News Page has a write up from the previous two festivals.

If you're interested in the 2024 Festival you can contact the Northumbrian Language Society directly or use our Contact form at the bottom of our home page, and we'll send you the booking form.

The Grasmere Dialect Plays (5th November)

University of Cumbria in Ambleside

Percival Lecture Theatre

Langdale Building

LA22 9BB

18:30 to 20:00 on 5th November 2024

For more details and to register for place, please go to:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cultural-landscapes/t-jzdaxgd

Sue Wilkinson from the University of Cumbria, has been researching the Grasmere Dialect plays performed between 1905 and 1937. She is presenting her research, with voices given by our Society's very own Jean Scott-Smith and John Campbell.