Class D14  Yorkshire Dialect             To return to Dewsbury Town Hall page click here

Although, occasionally some of the words can really stump you, most people of our age remember things our Grandparents used to say.  The class takes you back a century or more and some of the things they say are very amusing.

Here is one of the poems written by a member of the class - enjoy

GERRIN' THINGS DONE

Some day when tha's nowt ter do,

Tha can ger up them stairs and fix that loo.

Its bin leakin' nah since eaven knaws when,

An tha knaws dahn weel ah can't do it me-sen.

Ah'm fed up o'waitin' ter git things done

While tha gooas aht an es thee fun.

It's time tha pulled thee socks up, lad,

An tackled t' jobs afooar they git too bad.

Cos if tha dunt ah,ll git t' plumber ter come,

An' t' joiner, an' t'painter; they'll ger em done.

An tha knaws what'll appen ter thee, ahr Will.

Tha'll ev ter cough up an settle t'bill.

It almost sounds familiar, nothing really changes.