benjamin brierley
(1825-1896)
benjamin brierley
(1825-1896)
Lancashire Dialect
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
Gooin’ to Cyprus. 1850. Manchester: Abel Heywood.
Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life. 1862. Manchester: John Hewyood: London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co. EDD Lan.
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. 1864. Manchester: John Hewyood. Not in EDD.
The Layrock of Langley-Side. A Lancashire Story. 1864. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. SC. EDD Lan.
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. 1865. Manchester: John Heywood. EDD Lan.
Irkdale; or the Odd house in the hollow, etc. 1865. 2 vols. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin, Marshall and Company. EDD Lan.
The Fratchingtons of Fratchingthorpe. A Course of Connunbial Crosses or Fireside “Fraps”, etc. 1866. London: Simpkin and Marshall & Co. EDD Lan.
Batch o’ Jannocks from a Lancashire Oven. Supplementary to “A Bundle o’ Fents, “ etc. Selected from the works of B. Brierley. 1867. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD Lan.
Daisy Nook Sketches. 1867. Manchester: John Heywood. EDD Lan.
Marlocks of Merriton. 1867. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD Lan.
Traddlepin Fold; and other stories. 1867. Manchester: John Heywood. EDD Lan.
Red Windows Hall: A Lancashire Story. 1868. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD Lan.
“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. 1868. Manchester: John Heywood. Not in EDD Lan.
Our Old Chimney Nook. A Christmas Story. 1868. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD Lan.
Ab-o’-th’Yate at the Isle of Man. 1869. To the editor of Ben Brierley’s Journal in the year 1869. Manchester: John Heywood.
Ab-o’-th’-Yate on Time and Things. Edited [or rather written] by B. Brierley. 1869. Manchester: John Heywood; London: Simpkin , Marshall & Co. pp. xii, 132.
The Three Buckleys: A Local Farce in One Act. 1870. Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. SC.
The Cotters of Mossburn…With Illustrations by T. G. Grund. 1871. Manchester: J. Heywood. Not in EDD.
A Night with Ab-o’-th’-Yate- B. Brierley’s reading, for the season 1873-74, etc. 1873. Not in EDD.
Ab-o-th’-Yate’s Christmas Annual. Edited by Ben Brierley. 1877, 1880. 1877. Manchester Periodical Publications. Not in EDD.
A Trip to Thirlmere and Borrowdale. 1878. Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.
Pen’orths o’ Fun. (Selected Sketches). 1881. Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.
Ab-o-th’-Yate’s Pulpit. Two discourses, etc. 1881. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.
Ab-O'-th'-Yate's Dictionary: Or, Walmsley Fowt Skoomester: Put Together by Th'help O' Fause Juddie. 1881. Manchester; London: Abel Heywood; Simpkin, Marshall. Not in EDD.
Ab-o-th’-Yate in Yankeeland. The results of two trips to America. [With a portrait] 1885. Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. EDD Lan.
Ab-o-th’-Yate’s Lancashire Folks’ Almanack for 1885. Suitable for o times an’ seasons. Edited by Ben Brierley. 1885. Manchester. Not in EDD.
Bits o’ Fun for Lancashire Firesides. 1885. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Not in EDD.
Nights with Ben Brierley; being a selection of Lancashire readings and recitations from the works of B. Brierley. 1885. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.
The Nettlecrabas at Blackpool. 1886. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son: London: H. Darbyshire and Co. Not in EDD.
Ab-o-th’-Yate at the London “Colinderies” Exhibition. [1886]. Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.
The Last Days of the Jubilee Exhibition. Ab-o’th’-Yate mourns over the ruins. 1888. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son; London: H. Darbyshire & Co. Not in EDD.
Ab-o-th’-Yate in the “Wild West”. 1888. Manchester: A. Heywood and Son. Not in EDD.
Robin-o’-Kit’s Courtship. From “Cast Upon the World.” 1889. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.
Tom Thornley’s Factory Days. From “Cast Upon the World.” 1889. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.
Gems from the Prose Works of Ben Brierley. Selected for drawin room reading. 1890. Manchester: A. Heywood & Son. Not in EDD.
Spring Blossoms and Autumn Leaves. 1893. Not in EDD.
“Ab-o-th’-Yate” Sketches, and other short stories…Edited by James Dronsfield. Illustrated by F. W. Jackson. F. P. 3 vols. 1896 Oldham: W. E. Clegg. Not in EDD
For further information about his life and works, see:
Beetham, Margaret. 2006. “Ben Brierley’s Journal”. Manchester Region History Review 10.21: 73-83.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Brierley
http://gerald-massey.org.uk/brierley/index.htm
http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/brierley.html
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Benjamin Brierley (1825-1896)
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