If you go to our website (www.thelancashiresociety.org.uk) you will find a report for last year on the events page where you can also listen to the winning entries. We have, historically, held competitions at Fylde Festival for writing and performing in the Lancashire dialect only, but last year decided to invite entries representing all the regional dialects of England. The competitions were for writing in the local (in this case the Lancashire) dialect, for writing in any English dialect and for performing in any English dialect. It turned into a celebration of our Nation's literary and spoken heritage! Marvellous!!!
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