Country United Kingdom Publication date 1872 Pages over 130 pages | Genre book, almanac Media type Print Originally published 1872 Publisher John W. Chater | |
Language English, many in (Geordie dialect) | ||
Chater's Canny Newcassel Diary and Remembrancer was a book, published in 1872 by John W. Chater. It contained a mixture of songs, poems, humorous tales, jokes, conundrums, tongue twisters and other items of frivolity.
Contents
The full title of the book was “Chater's "Canny Newcassel" Diary and Local Remembrancer, For Bissextile or Leap-Year, 1872. Compiled expressly for this district. J. W. Chater, 89, Clayton Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - 1872”
A copy of an original books is now held at Beamish Museum
The publication
The front cover is as thus :-
CHATER'S
"CANNY NEWCASSL"
DIARY
AND
Local Remembrancer,
FOR BISSEXTILE OR LEAP-YEAR,
1872
COMPILED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS DISTRICT
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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
J. W. CHATER, 89, CLAYTON STREET
1872
Contents
The contents cover many topics, mainly written in the Geordie dialect, often very broad.
Below is a small sample of the songs (and poetry) which this book contained :-