Dialect pt.5: George Calvert’s verses

Series Two special guest Val Ward reads the dialect verse of the late road sweeper George Calvert from Gayle.  Three poems are featured: ‘Kit Storra’; ‘Mi Granfatther’; and ‘T’Paper Lad’, which was written in tribute to John Mason. Special guest Rob Ward also remembers the village allotments and George ‘Laps’ Alderson.  Presented by Andrew Fagg from Gayle chapel, where George Calvert said people would sing ‘wi’ a gusto ‘et mead yer throats thrive’. Published on Friday 3 February 2023.

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Voices From The Dales  is currently in Series Three, 'Swaledale Farmer'.  It's a mix of fresh interviews and clips from the Dales Countryside Museum's oral history archive.  All episodes are 15 minutes and presented by Andrew Fagg from Hawes.