The readings show a wide variety of dialectic styles and accents. Note the ‘Lancashire Origin’ column. This indicates the place the reader originally came from. In some cases the reader is from the same area as the source author, as with Kershaw and Brierley, for example, and give an authentic sense of place to the reading.
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Audio
| Reader | Lancashire Origin | Title of work | Author | Action |
| Alyson Brailsford | Rochdale | Laid-Up | H.Kershaw | Play |
| Alyson Brailsford | Rochdale | Love’s Labour Lost | H.Kershaw | Play |
| Sid Calderbank | Chorley | Look under t’ leeoves if yo’ want ony nuts | Play | |
| Sid Calderbank | Chorley | Th’ Hooam of a Lancashire Mon | Play | |
| Denis Clarke | Woodhouses,Failsworth | The Owd Buttery Dur | B.Brierley | Play |
| Denis Clarke | Woodhouses,Failsworth | Welcoming the Prince of Wales | B.Brierley | Play |
| Denis Clarke | Woodhouses,Failsworth | Coortin’ | D.Clarke | Play |
| Olwen Clarke | Hollinwood,Oldham | Th’ Childer’s Holiday | S. Fitton | Play |
| Olwen Clarke | Hollinwood,Oldham | Eawr Sarah’s Getten a Chap | S. Fitton | Play |
| Brian Foster | Hr Blackley,Middleton | Speykin’t’ Dog | B. Foster | Play |
| Brian Foster | Hr Blackley,Middleton | Now the Day is Over | B. Foster | Play |
| Sally James | Wigan | A Woman’s Werk | S. James | Play |
| Sally James | Wigan | A Bun in the Oven | S. James | Play |
| Jim Parker | Blackburn | Tha Just Favers Thi Dad | J. Parker | Play |
| Ron Williams | Saddleworth | A Lankisher Lament | R. Williams | Play |
| Ron Williams | Saddleworth | Mi Mooerlond Church | R. Williams | Play |
| Ron Williams | Saddleworth | T’Wrung Number | R. Williams | Play |
