Owd Bert has informed me he is taking a break from his blogg spot for a while .THANK YOU OWD BERT for taking the trouble to do them for us.

I am sure I speak for all of us when I say we have enjoyed reading your scibings . I must however make a confession.

You see since you have been posting and you sent me that photo of yourself  I have been wondering around the town center in Accrington  and I have been tending to stare at older gents in flat caps wondering if it was you then thinking if I slapped a  camera over there faces I may just recognize you . But now maybe those thoughts will subside I HOPE  . 

Anyway folks you can read all Berts writings on the MEMBERS BLOGGSPOT by clicking on LANCASHIRE FOLK and selecting MEMBERS BLOGGSPOT

So who now is going to do the BLOGGSPOT? 

As of today 19th    January 2008--I am still waiting for some prices for accommodation etc ---I am hopeful of things being sorted soon -I will say however it looks likely I may have to seek SPONCERSHIP for it to happen ---But I WILL NOT GIVE IN AND IF NOT THIS YEAR ----IT WILL HAPPEN IN 2009 when I celebrate my 50th Birthday 

THIS SITE WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY ,Lots of fantastic New Videos of Lancashire places coming soon and a new LANCASHIRE FOLK MUSIC feature and loads more Lancashire items ----2008 WILL BE A BIGGER BETTER YEAR for LANCASHIRE RE-UNITED ---If you are not yet a member joins us today

  Its always good to get your reactions to the little snippets  that I place on the site. Its wonderful when a memory gets stirred such as the one in  this   e-mail I received from our Member  JACK EDMONDSON

 John:

 I listened to the organ music from St James church in Barrow with very great pleasure: a nice rich tone and skilfully played. My granparents, Arthur James Hammond and Lydia Elizabeth Smith, were married there on 31 July 1886.  Oddly, perhaps, although I grew up in Barrow I have never been in the church and, on my very infrequent and fleeting visits to the town, I have never somehow found the time.  I must really put this at the top of my 'to do'list.  Thanks once again for this opportunity to hear the organ which may have played at my grandparents' wedding all those many years ago.

Regards
Jack Edmondson

 Wonderful Jack . I was a chior boy at the church and also turned the music pages for the Organist and I  also rang the church bells  which is quite difficult as I remember you must keep you head straight and not look up or the rope lifts you in to the air ----See what happens when you stir a memory.

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I recieved this e-mail below and wondered what your thoughts where on the subject  Let me know via the CONTACT US BUTTON

  I am currently writing an article on accent and dialect in Manchester. I was wondering what your thoughts are on how the Manchester accent/dialect has changed over the years. Also, would you have any information on the history of it? For example we are all used to the ‘Oasis’ style Manchester accent (like on the series Shameless) but many people don’t realise that it hasn’t always been like that. Do you think the change came about when Manchester detached itself from Lancashire and formed Greater Manchester? If you could send me your thoughts/info I will of course credit you and your website in the article.

Kind Regards, Lynda Moyo