Useful Links

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The Lancashire Society Facebook page

Derek Stanton, has his own Lancashire themed website at lankylad.com

From his previous work with the Lancashire Dialect Society, he has also amassed a number of articles and links. Cick on the hyperlink to view the article or visit the link:

Derek’s comments on the state of the dialect with a sample story Click for pdf.

Derek’s Poets Corner Click for pdf.

Waugh’s Well Click for pdf.

Dialect expert, Peter Wright Click for pdf.

The Accrington Pals Project Click for pdf.

Geoffrey Mather’s Perspectives and Profiles of North West Life www.northtrek.plus.com

Promoting the true identity of Lancashire – The Friends of Real Lancashire www.forl.co.uk

The Weaver’s Triangle – a heritage project remembering Burnley’s cotton industry www.weaverstriangle.co.uk

Darwen Historical Society – for all Darreners www.darwenresearchgroup.co.uk

Lancashire Dialect Lexicon ‘for Gradely Folk’ website

Roger Barnes has his own bookshop at www.churchgreenbooks.co.uk

Bob Dobson also has a list of books for sale, especially Lancashire and Cheshire. Email:landypublishing@yahoo.co.uk

Sid Calderbank has his site ,including Lancashire Garland productions www.sidcalderbank.co.uk

For all things Derbyshire – Keith Kendrick http://keithkendrick.co.uk

British Library website http://sounds.bl.uk

The Essential North West Sound Archive www.gmcro.co.uk/other/NWSA/nwsa.htm

The Oral History Society (NW) http://www.oralhistory.org.uk

Bolton Historical Association www.boltonhistassoc.org.uk

Lancashire Authors Association www.lancashireauthors.btik.com

Biographies and poems of Lancashire dialect poets http://oldpoetry.com

Lancashire literary works – Bamford, Laycock,Waugh etc. linked to Victorian radical poet, Gerald Massey www.gerald-massey.org.uk

BBC links – Melvyn Bragg and Voices

Family history and Dialect resource at dunkerley-tuson.co.uk

All things happening in Lancashire including our society at www.lancashire-online.com

The Oldham Tinkers – purveyors of fine old Lancashire songs www.oldhamtinkers.com

Interested in local military history- go to www.lbmhs.co.uk