LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY AND HERALDRY SOCIETY
Rossendale Branch Newsletter July 2012
| Programme: 2012 | |
Wednesday 4th July Newchurch in Pendle People a talk by Brenda Hustler |
Wednesday 1st August Research evening |
Wednesday 1st September Out Visit to The Straits, Oswaldtwistle |
Wednesday October 3rd Members 10 minute talks |
Research and Advice Sessions at Haslingden Library every Monday 5.30 – 8.30 pm
Note: the doors to Haslingden Library close at 7.30 pm.
and at Rawtenstall Library every Tuesday 1.30 – 3.30 pm
We may be able to do simple look-ups for distant members. When contacting us with an enquiry, please include your membership number
The LFHHS Resource Centre.
The Society’s Resource and Research Centre at 2 Straits, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3LU is open every Thursday from 1.00pm – 5.00pm and 1st Saturday of each month 1.00pm..
Coming Events
Saturday 4th August 201
28th Annual Celebration of Local History
Astley Hall and Astley Coach House, Chorley PR7 1XA. The day will include talks with a family history focus Admission to the Celebration and car parking are both free of charge.
For further details tel 077 30 793 990 or see www.lfhhschorleybranch.com
Thursday 4th October 2012
Heraldic Study Day
Hemsley House, Masonic Hall, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4PE (opposite Salford University and Art Gallery) 10.00am – 4.00pm. £15.50 Application form and programme are in your May Journal. Completed forms to be sent with cheque before 22nd September 2012 to A.D> Walkden, HonFHS, 2 Butterlands, Preston. PR1 5TJ.
Sunday 30th September 2012
LFHHS Annual Dinner
hosted this year by the Preston Branch at Alston Hall, Longridge, Preston PR3 3BP 12.30 for 1.00pm. £17.50 per head. Booking form and menu etc. are given in your May “Lancashire” journal. The speaker is Dr. Alan Crosby, the renowned Preston historian. Limited availability so please book early.
Additions to LancashireBMD
Added 4th June 1,107 Marriages for Hyndburn and Rossendale Registration District comprising: Rawtenstall, St Mary (1950-1995); Bacup, St Saviours (1946-2007); Haslingden Grane, St Stephen (1983-1988)
Research Copies for Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates for Genealogical Research Purposes
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1792
The above epetition has appeared on the Government's website. The idea is to have uncertified copies of certificates for family history research, which have no legal authority, similar to they do in the Republic of Ireland. These could be obtained at a much lower fee, the price of £2 per certificate is suggested. If you want cheaper certificates then sign the petition. Don't delay as the petition closes on 12th Aug 2012.
Rossendale (and Rochdale) Dialect Words and Phrases
(Continued from last Month’s newsletter)
Some differences between the pronunciation Rochdale and Rossendale dialect words as perceived by Henry Cunliffe in 1886.
| Rossendale | Rochdale | |
| Abaat | Abeaut | About |
| Baance | Beance | Bounce |
| Caansel | Keaunsel | Counsel |
| Daan | Deaun | Down |
| Faal | Feau | Unsightly |
| Fire-Potter | Fire-Pot | Fire Poker |
| Flaar | Fleur | Flour |
| Haand | Heaund | Hound |
| Itaa | Iteau | In two |
| Laad | Leaud | Loud |
| Maald | Meaud | Mould |
| Naa | Neau | Now |
| Nobbud | Nobbut | None but Only |
| Pool | Poo | Pull |
| Powl | Poul | To cut the hair |
| Raand | Reand | Round |
| Reek | Reech | Smoke |
| Shool | Schoo | Shovel |
| Sithi | Sitho | See Thou |
| Slaam | Sleum | Slumber |
| Straange | Steaunge | A sharp pain |
| Thaam | Theaum | Thumb |
| Thible | Slice | A stick for stirring porridge. |
Rossendale Dialect Words- Another List.
This second list is abstracted from a work first published in 1917 by George Nightingale. He compiled it to get funds for the Rossendale Comforts Fund, designed to alleviate the suffering of local soldiers. He says that in the early days of 1860, he had a workmate, considerably over 70 years of age. From him and his wife he learned much of the dialect as spoken in the latter half of the eighteenth century.
From Mr. Nightingale’s dictionary, I have chosen a selection of words which mean something to me.
| AGATE | Having begun, to gangagate – to get going. |
| ASTA | Have you. |
| AWHOM | At home. |
| BACK END | Late Autumn. |
| BADGE | Credit dealing in a small way, usually at the grocer’s |
| BAG | To be discharged from work , the sack. |
| BEESUM | A mother’s corrective term to her child. “Thow little beesum”. |
| BIB-UN-TUCKER | Best Clothes. |
| BOBBY DAZZLER | A fine handsome woman |
| BONK | A hilly bank. |
| CANKERT | A Cross ill tempered fellow. |
| CHANCE CHILD | An illegitimate child. |
| CHURCH WARDEN | A long clay tobacco pipe. |
| COB | A large lump of coal. |
| COD | To make believe. |
| COP | You will get thrashed. |
| CRAMMED | Bad tempered. |
| CRIB | To steal. |
| DELF | The local stone quarry. |
| DIN | Make a loud noise. |
| DIVVY | Dividend. To share in the profits. |
| DOLLY | A domestic utensil for washing cloths. |
| DUFFER | A stupid inferior workman. |
| FEEART | Afraid. |
| GAWMLESS | A lack of wit. |
| GAWPIN | Staring vacantly about. |
| GINNELL | A narrow passage between a row of houses. |
| GOB | The human mouth |
| GRADLEY | Properly |
| GUMPTION | Common sense |
| HEIGH-LADS-HEIGH | A critical moment. If all else fails. |
| HOO | She, her “where is hoo?” |
| IRON BILLIES | Clogs shod with iron round the sole and heels |
| JIFFY | The shortest lapse of time. |
| JIGGERED | Tired out |
| LANT | Stale urine |
| LAYROCKS | Skylarks. |
| LAZYBETTY | Scrubbing stone used on flags and door steps. |
| LEIFER | Rather do. |
| LODGE | A mill dam |
| LUG | To have ones hair pulled. especially a birthday ritual. |
| MAIDEN | A clothes horse. |
| MAZY | A dizzy feeling |
| MIDDEN | A receptacle for ashes and household refuse. |
| MIOTHERIN | Bothering, Pestering |
| NARKEY | Unpleasant, difficult to get along with |
| NAZE | The end or edge of a hill. |
| NIPPER | Small child |
| NOGGIN | A quarter of a pint |
| OOLLY | Woolly, kind, soft to touch. |
| OVERFACED | To be served with too much food. |
| OWD THI DIN | Stop tha noise |
| PARKIN | A cake made with oatmeal and treacle |
| PEPPER | Turning the skipping rope, faster and faster |
| POMFRET CAKES | A cake of liquorice |
| POP SHOP | Pawn shop |
| POWFAGGED | Tired , fed up with a task. |
| QUEER | To fall ill |
| RAPSCALLION | A rascal |
| RIGGIN | The ridge of the roof. |
| RUCTIONS | An uproar, a quarrel. |
| RUSH BEARING | An annual |
| SCOTCHED | To be defeated, mentally and physically. |
| SEN | Self “Mi sen” My self. |
| SIDE | to take away, to clear away. “Side the table” |
| SKEN | To squint |
| SNECK | The piece which lifts the latch on the door handle. |
| SNIG | An eel. |
| STINGY | Selfish, greedy |
| SWEAL | To set on fire the heather or furze on a hill |
| UM | Them those these. |
| WACKER | Large, very big, hard knock |