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May 2022
Writers and poetry fans have a choice of two free events to attend in Ripon on Thursday at the library and Curzon Cinema.
At 7pm in the library, Rod Dimbleby from the Yorkshire Dialect Society, will speak about the life and work of John Hartley.
The prolific West Riding poet, author and performer, was born in Halifax in 1839 and was famous in Victorian England for his Yorkshire dialect poems.
After his work, Bite Bigger,was published by Alfred Wilson — a hatter by trade — Hartley's career took off and was a sell-out hit that had to be re-printed because of demand.
Wilson, who became Hartley's father-in-law when the poet married his daughter Sophia, published the Clock Almanack (named after the clock outside his hatter's shop) and Hartley was the editor for more than 25 years.
Those wishing to attend Mr Dimbleby's talk are asked to book tickets in advance
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