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Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid

Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid

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Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid (14 November 1902 – August 1984), known as Dorfy, was a noted dialect author and journalist[2] who specialised in the Geordie dialect.

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Early life

Born Dorothy Pilbin in 1902 to a Quaker family in George Scott Street, South Shields, County Durham[1] influenced by her childhood, she went on to write works concerned with the Geordie dialect.[3] Educated at St. Johns' Higher Grade School, South Shields. As there was no work for her father the family moved from Shields to Irthington, then back to Shields before 1938, then to Allendale in 1946, and then Hexham in 1959.

Career

Dorfy had her own column for many years in the Shields Gazette revolving around her early twentieth century South Shields upbringing; spoken in the Geordie dialect.[1] In her later years she retired to Hexham.[2]

Bibliography

  • Basinful o' Geordie (1988)[3]
  • Between Ye an' Me (1969)
  • I Remember (1976); A book detailing reminiscences from 1910 – 1914.[4]
  • Mair Geordie Taalks[5]
  • Watt cheor? (197?)
  • HOWAY HINNIES! Another Collection of Dialect Stories and Poems (195?)[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dorphy, Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid. Dorphy's Geordie dialog, South Shields Gazette". Archived from the original on 13 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2007.
  2. [2]
    "A housewife's lot, according to Dorfy", South Shields Gazette, 22 July 2009, archived from the original on 5 August 2009, retrieved 31 August 2009
  3. [3]
    Dorothy (Dorfy), Samuelson-Sandvid (1988). A Basinful o Geordie (1st Thus ed.). Coquet, GB. ISBN 0900463112.
  4. [4]
    Dorothy (Dorfy), Samuelson-Sandvid (1976). I Remember. Tree Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-904790-02-3.
  5. [5]
    Dorothy (Dorfy), Samuelson-Sandvid (1964). Mair Geordie Taalks (1st ed.). Harold Hill.
  6. [6]
    Dorothy (Dorfy), Samuelson-Sandvid (c. 1950). HOWAY HINNIES! Another Collection of Dialect Stories and Poems. The Northern Press, South Shields.
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