Jone o Grinfilt is a poem in the Oldham dialect of English. It was written by a man named Joseph Lees from the Glodwick area of the town in 1805. "Grinfilt"...
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Four Loom Weaver (section Jone o'Grinfilt Junior)
19th-century English lament on starvation. One source also names it Jone o Grinfilt though this title usually refers to different lyrics and score, which...
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time and occasional political sentiments: for example, the ballad Jone o Grinfilt portrayed an unemployed handloom worker who would rather die as a soldier...
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Joseph Lees (writer), author of the 1805 poem in Lancashire dialect Jone o Grinfilt Joseph Leese (1845-1914), British cricketer and Member of Parliament...
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Joseph Lees (1748–1824) – regional dialect poet from Glodwick; wrote Jone o Grinfilt Ralf Little (born 1980) – television actor, best known for his roles...
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Lees (1748–1824) - regional dialect poet from Glodwick, who wrote Jone o Grinfilt. He was a hand-loom weaver and schoolteacher accustomed to "study on...
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all the world's climbing sit harnesses.[citation needed] The poem Jone o Grinfilt was written about a fictional inhabitant of the village with the aim...
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