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Poems

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Th'istry of Wiggin *
Story of Mabs Cross*
Blast from't Past *
Canine Wishes *
Posh Visiters *
Shill'in for Cleeun'in *
Road ter Wiggin Pier *
Th'Unsworth Dragon *
Aspirations *
Worr a Palava at Bedtime *
Mi Kin
Wiggin Pie Contest *
A Nip in Th'air *
Three Brass Baws *
Yed ore Ears in Debt *
Faythers Day Eawt *
Miss'in th'owd Cock *
Tholidays *
Waash'in Mi Hair
Hard War'k
Womtime at Golstones
Gradely Meyt *
Nowty Lad *
Scithers,Combs un Pensuls
Likkle Jim *
Thonely Solution *
Goo'int Baths *
Visit'in Mi Gron *
El Toopay *
Conveners Address
Pick'in Coal *
Ceawnt Thi Blessins *
Jeffreys Catty *
Cowd Cure

              Pick'in Coal                                  Wiggin Pier
       Th'istry of Wiggin                        The Story of Mab's Cross
Joe's Yedstone
                 Th'olidays                                A Nip in't Th'air
           Faythers Day Eawt                     Three Brass Baws

My Grandparents, Joe & Esther Unsworth.
This site is dedicated to my grandparents,  the inspiration of most of the poems.
They were based on the phrases and sayings that were used in normal day conversation and spoken in the Wigan dialect.

            Blast from the Past
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