General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

A think evryones geddin me wrung

I am talking about "talking" to older people from Pemberton in 1971, these folk would have been in their 60s, 70s, 80s etc and some of them had worked at Pemberton Collieries (Blundells) and that closed in 1946 and 'No' they didn't sound like young Pembertoner's, but that was because older folk don't sound like younger folk, but when the younger folk become older folk, they sound like the older folk, from when they were younger folk, if you know what I mean ?

One owd fella in Tunstall Lane who had worked at Pemberton Collieries refered to Lamberhead Green as Lombergreen, he put a 'B' in it instead of an 'R' and for many years that is how I thought that Lamberhead Green was prounonced by the older Pemberton folk, and I have only changed my mind, because I have seen 'Lomragreen' mentioned in many places, and seen the word used on old photographs, so now I accept that it was pronounced 'Lom'R'agreen'

If you take me for an example, when I was younger in me late teens and early 20s and I had been having a dalliance with studying at college, I spoke with a typical student accent, I lost the Wigan accent, and folk could not tell where I came from, I would not say that I was 'well spoken' but I did not sound as rough as bears arse, but now I do sound as rough as a bears bottom, even folk who talk broad, say that I talk broad, and if I am in the company of say a southerner, communication becomes difficult, because they cannot understand what I am saying