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DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

LANCASHIRE

Leclaire (1954: 111): “Born at Failsworth, near Manchester. The son of a handloom weaver. Left school before six, to work in the cotton and silk manufacture. Had a passion for reading. His books deal with Lancashire life, which he knew at first hand. He counteracted the errors of Tim Bobbin (i.e. John Collier). Besides a large number of short stories published under the pseudonym of Ab o’ the Yate, he wrote a number of longer books, in which he shows himself an able painter of scenes and people.”

WORKS

1850. Gooin’ to Cyprus. 1850. Manchester: Abel Heywood.

1862. Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life. Manchester: John Hewyood: London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co. EDD.

1864. The Bradleys’ Visit to Thistledown Hall. A comic interlude, in one act. Dramatised from Brierley’s Lancashire story. “The Bride of Cherry-tree Cottage” in “Tales & Sketches of Lancashire Life”, and as read by the author, etc. Manchester: John Hewyood.  Not in EDD.

1864. The Layrock of Langley-Side. A Lancashire Story. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. SC. EDD.

1865. A Bundle o’ Fents from a Lancashire Loom. Comprising pieces humorous and pathetic, adapted for reading at working men’s clubs, etc., selected from the works of Benjamin Brierley. Manchester: John Heywood. EDD.

1865. Irkdale; or the Odd house in the hollow, etc.  2 vols. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin, Marshall and Company. EDD.

1866. The Fratchingtons of Fratchingthorpe. A Course of Connunbial Crosses or Fireside “Fraps”, etc.  London: Simpkin and Marshall & Co. EDD.

1867. Batch o’ Jannocks from a Lancashire Oven. Supplementary to “A Bundle o’ Fents, “ etc. Selected from the works of B. Brierley. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD.

1867. Daisy Nook Sketches. Manchester: John Heywood. EDD.

1867. Marlocks of Merriton. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD.

1867. Traddlepin Fold; and other stories. Manchester: John Heywood. EDD.

1868. Red Windows Hall: A Lancashire Story. 1868. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD.

1868. Ab-o-th’-Yate” in London; or, Southern life from a northern poing of view, described in a series of letters from Ab to hs wife. Edited [or rather written] by B. Brierley. Manchester: John Heywood.  Not in EDD.

1868. Our Old Chimney Nook. A Christmas Story. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD.

1869. Ab-o’-th’Yate at the Isle of Man. Manchester: John Heywood.

1869. Ab-o’-th’-Yate on Time and Things. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin , Marshall & Co.

1870. The Three Buckleys: A Local Farce in One Act. Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. SC.

1871. The Cotters of Mossburn. Manchester: J. Heywood. Not in EDD.

1873. A Night with Ab-o’-th’-Yate- B. Brierley’s reading, for the season 1873-74, etc. Not in EDD.

1877, 1880. Ab-o-th’-Yate’s Christmas Annual. Edited by Ben Brierley. Manchester Periodical Publications. Not in EDD.

1878. A Trip to Thirlmere and Borrowdale. Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.

1881. Pen’orths o’ Fun. (Selected Sketches). Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.

1881. Ab-o-th’-Yate’s Pulpit. Two discourses, etc. 1881. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.

1881. Ab-O'-th'-Yate's Dictionary: Or, Walmsley Fowt Skoomester: Put Together by Th' Help O' Fause Juddie. Manchester; London: Abel Heywood; Simpkin, Marshall. Not in EDD.

1885. Ab-o-th’-Yate in Yankeeland. The results of two trips to America. Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD Lan.

1885. Ab-o-th’-Yate’s Lancashire Folks’ Almanack . 1885. Manchester. Not in EDD.

1885. Bits o’ Fun for Lancashire Firesides. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Not in EDD.

1885. Nights with Ben Brierley; being a selection of Lancashire readings and recitations from the works of B. Brierley. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.

1886. The Nettlecrabas at Blackpool. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son: London: H. Darbyshire and Co. Not in EDD.

1886. Ab-o-th’-Yate at the London “Colinderies” Exhibition. Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.

1888. The Last Days of the Jubilee Exhibition. Ab-o’th’-Yate mourns over the ruins. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son; London: H. Darbyshire & Co. Not in EDD.

1888. Ab-o-th’-Yate in the “Wild West”. Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.

1889. Robin-o’-Kit’s Courtship. From “Cast Upon the World”. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.

1889. Tom Thornley’s Factory Days. From “Cast Upon the World”. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.

1890. Gems from the Prose Works of Ben Brierley. Selected for drawin room readingManchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.

1893. Spring Blossoms and Autumn Leaves S. 1893. Not in EDD.

KINGKONG PROJECT

Ben/Benjamin BRIERLEY (M: 1825 Jun 26 - 1896 Jan 18)

(ps: AB-O'-TH'-YATE)

     Irkdale [f|1865]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Beetham, Margaret. 2006. “Ben Brierley’s Journal”. Manchester Region History Review 10.21: 73-83.

http://217.169.56.135/index/3/101003405/, accessed 24 April 2015]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Brierley, accessed 24 April 2015]

http://gerald-massey.org.uk/brierley/index.htm, accessed 24 April 2015]

http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/brierley.html, accessed 24 April 2015]

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Benjamin Brierley

(1825-1896)