File:Edwin Waugh monument in Rochdale, Lancashire, England.jpg

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Monument to the memory of English author Edwin Waugh and other authors who wrote in the Lancashire dialect

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English: Monument stands in Broadfield Park, Rochdale, Lancashire, England. The pictured face, one of four, is dedicated to Edwin Waugh.

Upper inscription reads: Edwin Waugh Born Rochdale, 27th Jan'y 1817 Died New Brighton, 30th April 1890 "Come whoam to thi childer an me"

Lower inscription reads: In grateful memory of four Rochdale writers of the Lancashire dialect who have preserved for our children, in verse and prose that will not die, the strength and tenderness, the gravity and humours of the fold of our day, in the tongue and talk of the people. This memorial was erected A.D. 1900.

The other faces are dedicated to Oliver Ormerod, Margaret Rebecca Lahee, and John Trafford Clegg.
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