Dialect pt.6: At the Washdub
Once the village children’s favourite place to play, the Gayle millpond – known as the washdub – becomes the place for a reflection on dialect, as the series draws to a close for now. Series Two special guests Rob and Val Ward remember the washdub as a place of meeting. There’s a reminder of how dialect sounded, with another archive clip of Lizzie Dinsdale. From the 1977 tapes, Kit Calvert tells how some people regarded dialect as wicked. And Helen Guy of the Keld Resource Centre shares her experiences of using Dales dialect among workmates in Newcastle. Presented by Andrew Fagg from Gayle washdub and published on Friday 17 February 2023.