BOOKS
AMAZING OFFER!
The KNARESBOROUGH
WORKHOUSE DAYBOOK
Language and Life in 18th Century North Yorkshire
Edited by Maria F. Garcia-Bermejo Giner & Michael Montgomery.
A
rare and authentic glimpse into the problems of running the Knaresborough Workhouse, as recorded in his Daybook by the Master,
William Borrow, between August 1791 and September 1792 - the day-to-day struggle to extract the maximum work from the inmates
at the same time as trying to care for and placate the moods and squabbles of forty of Knaresborough’s misfits, unfortunates
and rogues.
About
real people, described by one real narrator in his own distinctive way. A unique contribution to linguistic studies, of interest
to historians as well as those who collect or study dialect.
200 pages: WAS £12.75: NOW ONLY £3.50 + £3 p&p
Buy your copy now while stocks last!
OUR MOST RECENT PUBLICATION!
As a tribute to the late Jack Danby MBE, we offer this
handsome reprint, by Hudson History, of his 1981 book
EAST YORKSHIRE
MISCELLANY
This collection of some of his BBC Radio Humberside broadcasts between 1971 and 1981 is reproduced in his
original copperplate handwriting, and illustrated by the author.
To accompany the book, we have brought out on CD his
companion collection of readings of East Riding poems written by well-known dialect authors, 'Delight in Dialect'
Book - 62 pages - soft
cover £4.95 plus 80p p&p. CD - £5 plus 75p p&p.
BUY BOTH TOGETHER for just £7.95 plus £1.40
p&p!
Yorkshire Dialect Classics - An anthology of the best Yorkshire poems, stories and sayings
Compiled
by YDS Vice-President Arnold Kellett
Makes an ideal gift! £9.99 plus £2.15 p&p
See
link at bottom of page for further details of contents
The
Yorkshire Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore – Arnold Kellett. Dialect words, traditions, customs
and much more. Over 3,000 entries and 130 illustrations – an authoritative reference book. Published by Dalesman, but
available from YDS.
Latest edition £8.95 + £1.95
p&p
The York Minster Screen. Dialect poem from the 1830s when the Minster was damaged by fire and argument raged about putting in a new screen.
£1 + 60p p&p
Selections
from ‘GOODIES’ by Rev. W Turner (Ed J. Danby & M Shackleton).
An attractively presented reprint of most of the well-loved East Riding Goodies tales, with drawings by Jack Danby.
£4.95 + £1.10p p&p
Yorkshire
Pudding Olmenack ed. Ben Dyson and Stanley Ellis. Now again available is this popular collection of 19th and 20th
Century comic working class literature. Printed for the fifth time due to popular demand and with glossy cover.
£2.95 + 75p p&p
Emily
Bronte and the Haworth Dialect ed. K.M. Petyt. Fascinating analysis of the dialect of ‘Wuthering Heights’
compared with Dr Petyt’s modern dialect research in Haworth. Recently reprinted due to popular demand.
£3.45 + 75p p&p
Centenary Publications
Goin’ Tu T’Spaws. A fine collection of verse and prose selected and edited by Muriel Shackleton from material first published
in the Society’s ‘Summer Bulletin’.
£3 + 75p
p&p
A
Century of Yorkshire Dialect Ed. Arnold Kellett & Ian Dewhirst. A unique anthology selected from 100 years
of the Society’s annual journal, ‘Transactions’, published to celebrate the centenary of the YDS in 1997. (Sorry,
now out of print)
Yorkshire
Words Today ed. Prof J Widdowson and Sheffield University. A joint
publication comprising 100 pages of dialect words and phrases submitted by Yorkshire folk.
Members
£4 Non-members £5 + £1p p&p
ALL THE FOLLOWING AT £2.95 EACH + 80p p&p
Words
Throo t’Shuttle Ee ed. Gerald England. Industrial dialect verse from the past, reprinted from the best of
the South and West Yorkshire writers.
A
Cleveland Anthology ed. W Cowley. Modern dialect poetry, with an introduction reviewing North Riding dialect writing
in the past.
An
Anthology of West Riding Dialect Verse. ed. Gwen Wade. Dialect poetry from the 1940s to the 60s
An
East Yorkshire Anthology ed. W Cowley. The 3rd volume in this set of twentieth century dialect poetry.
Dialect
Verse from the Ridings ed. by several members. Modern dialect poetry from all three Ridings, some by poets who
at the time found themselves located in Humberside – much to their annoyance!
Yorkshire
at Work ed. Peter Anderson. A reprint of articles from past ‘Transactions’ - steel terms, ploughing,
mining.
Humour from the Ridings. The late Ben Dyson’s knockabout collection of yarns and sayings, with Geoff Robinson’s
‘Chulton Parva Chronicles’
George
Meriton’s ‘A Yorkshire Dialogue’ (1683). ed. Professor A.C Cawley. The 17th Century dialect
poem that uses spelling much the same as modern dialect writers.
CDs and CASSETTES
First o t’Sort Cassette £2.50 + 75p p&p CD £5 +
75p p&p
Recorded at the Society’s
meeting at Ilkley Literature Festival. With Bill Cowley, Jack Danby, Stanley Ellis, Gwen Wade. (state cassette or CD)
West
Riding Tales (please state Cassette or CD)
More
West Riding Tales (please state Cassette or CD)
Cassettes £2.50 each + 75p p&p (1) £1.10
(2)
CD £5 each + 75p p&p (1) £1.10 (2)
Two cassettes/CDs by the late
Arthur Kinder of Honley, a previous Chair of Council. A fitting reminder of Arthur’s
dry humour recorded at meetings of Honley Civic Society
NEW RELEASE!
BY Gum, Yorkshire's
a Fairish Owd County!
Selected East Riding poems and prose read in
his own inimitable style by IRWIN BIELBY, plus some of his own tall tales.
CD only - £5 + 75p p&p
We also have back numbers of some
issues of Transactions going back many years. Please enquire for availability and cost.
