Yorkshire Dialect Society Publications
YDS Members each receive, as part of their subscriptions, two publications, Summer Bulletin and Transactions. If you want information about past editions of either, please contact the Hon. Librarian, address below. Copies, where available, can be obtained for free (plus p & p).
Contributing to Summer Bulletin or Transactions
If any members would like to contribute to one of our publications, please email us for more information or write to either of the addresses below;
EDITOR of SUMMER BULLETIN:
Eileen Rennison
42 Green Lane
Clifton
York YO30 5QX
EDITOR of TRANSACTIONS:
Mr Graeme Garvey
17 Highbury Place
Leeds LS6 4HD
Below is a comprehensive list of our current publications. If you wish to purchase any, please use our secure online purchase system or, if you prefer to pay by cheque, please order from;
Hon. Librarian, Spring Hill, Woodside, Edale, Hope Valley, S33 7ZB
Cheques payable to Yorkshire Dialect Society
Postage rates vary between UK and the Rest of the World so please select the correct button when ordering.
PUBLICATIONS, AUDIO RECORDINGS AND ACCESSORIES
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 + £2.50 post and packaging (UK) - £8.95 + £5.50 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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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. £1.00 + £0.70 post and packaging (UK) - £1.00 + £3.70 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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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.119 pages. £4.00 + £1.50 post and packaging (UK) - £4.00 + £4.50 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Yorkshire Pudding Olmenack ed. Ben Dyson and Stanley Ellis
A popular collection of 19th and 20th Century comic working class literature. Printed for the fifth time due to popular demand. £2.95 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £2.95 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Emily Bronte and the Haworth Dialect by K.M. Petyt
Fascinating analysis of the dialect of Wuthering Heights compared with Dr Petyt's modern dialect research in Haworth. Reprinted by popular demand. £3.45 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £3.45 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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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. £2.00 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £2.00 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Yorkshire Words Today ed. D. Paynter, C. Upton and J. Widdowson
A joint publication comprising 100 pages of dialect collated from words and phrases submitted by Yorkshire people. Members: £3.00 + £1.50 post and packaging (UK) - £3.00 + £4.50 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Non-members: £4.00 + £1.50 post and packaging (UK) - £4.00 + £1.50 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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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. £1.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £1.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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A Cleveland Anthology ed. W Cowley
Modern dialect poetry, with an introduction reviewing North Riding dialect writing in the past. £1.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £1.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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An Anthology of West Riding Dialect Verse ed. Gwen Wade.
Dialect poetry from the 1940s to the 60s. £1.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £1.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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An East Yorkshire Anthology ed. W Cowley.
The third volume in this set of twentieth century dialect poetry. £1.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £1.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Yorkshire at Work ed. Peter Anderson.
A reprint of articles from Transactions - steel terms, ploughing, mining. £1.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £1.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Humour from the Ridings
The late Ben Dyson's knockabout collection of yarns and sayings, with Geoff Robinson's Chulton Parva Chronicles. £1.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £1.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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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. £1.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £1.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND OFFERS
Yorkshire Dialect Classics ed by Arnold Kellett
A lively tour through the best in Yorkshire dialect from the seventeenth century to the present day, including a history of Yorkshire dialect, favourite Yorkshire sayings, similes and proverbs, dialect verse and prose. Illustrated hardback - 150 pages. £9.99 + £2.75 post and packaging (UK) - £9.99 + £5.75 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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East Yorkshire Miscellany
Reprinted as a tribute to the late Jack Danby MBE - a selection from his BBC Radio Humberside broadcasts 1971-81, reproduced in his original copperplate handwriting. Book £4.95 + £0.90 post and packaging (UK) - £4.95 + £3.90 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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The Knaresborough Workhouse Daybook, Language and Life in 18th Century North Yorkshire edited by Maria F. Garcia-Bermejo Giner & Michael Montgomery
About real people, described by one real narrator in his own distinctive way. A unique contribution to linguistic studies combining local history and dialect. 200 pages: WAS £12.50 - NOW £3.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (UK) - £3.50 + £7.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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COMPACT DISCS AND CASSETTES (as available)
First o t'Sort
Recorded at the Society's meeting at Ilkley Literature Festival. With Bill Cowley, Jack Danby, Stanley Ellis and Gwen Wade. Cassette or CD.
Cassette - £2.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £2.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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CD £5.00 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £5.00 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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West Riding Tales
A fitting reminder of the late Arthur Kinder of Honley 's dry humour, recorded at meetings of Honley Civic Society
Please state Cassette or CD. Cassette - £2.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £2.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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CD £5.00 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £5.00 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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More West Riding Tales
A fitting reminder of the late Arthur Kinder of Honley 's dry humour, recorded at meetings of Honley Civic Society Please state Cassette or CD. Cassette - £2.50 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £2.50 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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CD £5.00 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £5.00 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Delight in Dialect
East Riding poems and prose read by Jack Danby CD only £5.00 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £5.00 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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By Gum, Yorkshire's a Fairish Owd County!
Selected East Riding poems and prose read in his own inimitable style by Irwin Bielby. CD only £5.00 + £1.00 post and packaging (UK) - £5.00 + £4.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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OTHER ITEMS
Badges (available to YDS members only)
Square badges of the Society's logo with 'clutch' fastening. Black & white enamel with chrome rose and lettering. 10mm wide. £2.40 post paid (UK) - £2.40 + £3.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Ties
Men's ties in maroon or blue bearing the Society's logo - £9.95 post paid (UK) - £9.95 + £3.00 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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Polo Shirts
Navy blue or Royal blue, bearing the Societys logo (S,M & L) - £9.95 + £2.25 post and packaging (UK) - £9.95 + £5.25 post and packaging (Rest of the World)
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If purchasing with cheque, ties and polo shirts should be ordered from Mrs J P LEACH, 1 Middlewood Close, Kilham, Driffield, East Yorkshire YO25 4SU. Cheques payable to 'Yorkshire Dialect Society'