Talk

The Lost Language of Wiltshire. The Everyday Speech of Jackdaws and Moonrakers

21 May 2025
2.30pm
£7

A talk by Bill Reed

An illustrated talk by Bill Reed on Wiltshire language in the past, with examples of lost vocabulary, accents, stories, anecdotes and poems. It will include extracts from the “Malmesbury Voices” collection as well as items from older collections dating back to the early 19th century.

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