What would it be like if we could step back in time listen to the town and country folk of Wakefield? What dialect words and phrases would we hear?
In 1865, Wakefield solicitor William Stott Banks (1820-1872) took the trouble to collect some of the words and phrases that he’d heard around town.
- A Walk in the Country
- Animals and Plants
- Farming
- The Horse Trade
- Food and Drink
- School Days
- Supernatural Tales
- Local Proverbs
Published 2011
Paperback, 96 pages, 11×18 cm
Black and white
£3.99
(includes Second Class postage in the UK)