MARY SMITH's first book of dialect verse was a great hit when it came out in 1981. It has been out of print for some time and this new volume of poems is therefore very welcome indeed.

As Jack Benson says in his foreword, "Mary has entertained thousands with her written words and public performances, not only preserving the Fylde dialect — which she and I know to be the loveliest in the whole world — but keeping it fresh, fit and funny."