"Tha didn't mek it, did tha, luv,
Our gowden weddin' day.
Wi tried so hard to keep thi,
But tha quietly slipped away.
It's fifty years ago to-day
Sin' ah become thi bride,
Ah'd give everythin' in t'world, mi luv,
To have thi by mi side.
But there, it seems 'twere noan fer t'be
But ah seems to hear thi say,
"Durn't fret, mi lass, just carry on,
We'll meet agen some day."
pickA book of personal poems about the author's life, from childhood, as a young woman courting her fiancé, through marriage, child-bearing and child-raising, growing old, and finally into widowhood and living alone.
The poems are mostly gently humorous, telling family stories from Bearman's childhood early in the 20th century, through to her old age. Some are more reflective and poignant. I was particularly moved by "Good-neet Luv", a poem about??
Poems in the Lancashire Dialect | 
