On this page you can experience dialect speakers reading Lancashire literature by not only hearing the dialect but seeing the source poem as well. This will be particularly beneficial to those unused to the sight and sound of the County's dialect and we hope will encourage people to start 'having a go' themselves once familiarity is achieved.

Canal People

Audio
Description
Player
Description
Player
Barry Ashcroft Canal family history OR Christine Reddington Canal folk ST
Hilda Burton Dad Boatman BU Margaret Ad Gdad walked from App Bridge AD
Margaret Ad Gdad work clothes AD Margaret Ad Gparent Tally shop AD
Margaret Ad History J Blundell and Horses AD Marlene Griffiths Ran across canal Boy drown WI
Peggy Freestone Washing on Boat BU Reg Geo Barry Lawson Clogs on Deck BU
Reg Geo Barry Lawson Settle Rivalries BU Ruth Burs Living at Packet House BU
Sheila Petherbridge Gdad bargee captain BU