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Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect

A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of 19th century texts on Collier and his work. Egged on by Meary (Mary), Tummus (Thomas) recounts the series of misadventures that ensue when he makes a trip to Rochdale on an errand for his master. First published in 1746, the text grew over subsequent editions as Collier expanded the story, added a preface in which he berates publishers who had pirated his work, and inflated and amended his glossary. The text read here is the final version of the preface, dialogue and glossary, which appeared in an 1862 edition of Collier's works.

Collier's texts are followed by several accounts of Collier's life and commentaries on his work, Elijah Riding's 1860 'plain English' translation of the Tummus and Meary text, and three poems set at Collier's graveside in Rochdale. (Summary by Phil Benson)

Year of Publication: 1862Genres: Humor , Memoirs

Running Time: 10 hours 21 minutes 01 second

#	Chapter Name
1	A View of the Lancashire dialect - Part 1 Phil Benson	17:49
2	A View of the Lancashire dialect - Part 2 Phil Benson	38:27
3	A View of the Lancashire dialect - Part 3 Phil Benson	42:43
4	A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - A-E Phil Benson	31:11
5	A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - F-J Phil Benson	28:50
6	A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - K-R Phil Benson	33:33
7	A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - S-Z Phil Benson	46:21
8	Memoirs of Mr. John Collier Phil Benson	45:18
9	Life of the Author Phil Benson	19:13
10	Introduction: Dialect of South Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary Phil Benson	28:39
11	The Cottage of Tim Bobbin, and the Village of Milnrow Phil Benson	24:47
12	On the south Lancashire Dialect - Part 1 Phil Benson	47:08
13	On the south Lancashire Dialect - Part 2 Phil Benson	37:06
14	John Collier ('Tim Bobbin') Phil Benson	33:31
15	Tim Bobbin as an Artist Phil Benson	6:21
16	The Children of Tim Bobbin Phil Benson	22:06
17	The Dialogue of Thomas and Mary - Part 1 Phil Benson	35:45
18	The Dialogue of Thomas and Mary - Part 2 Phil Benson	40:29
19	The Dialogue of Thomas and Mary - Footnotes Phil Benson	26:30
20	Tim Bobbin' Grave Phil Benson	15:14