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.

The Work of the Canal

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Description
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Description
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Barrie Nowell Paper mill crane BL Barrie Nowell Cherry Tree BL
Brian Downes Rawlinson Bridge Coal AD Geoff Draper Lockworking BU
Ian Hunter Gdad with Nightsoil BU Jack Smith Chorley Mill Chutes canal CH
JWilson JHeaton PFlynn JH Work canal Mill PA Mary Beahan Dad boat jobs BU
Ruth Burs Wanning the boats BU