SEVERAL YEARS AGO I MET LIZ DAWN OF CORONATION STREET AND WENT TO HER HOUSE WHERE I ENDED UP SPENDING THE WHOLE DAY AND LIZ TELLING ME ALL ABOUT HER EARLY LIFE. IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED I USED THIS IMFORMATION TO WRITE HALF A DOZEN POEMS IN YORKSHIRE DIALECT. WHEN I SENT THEM TO LIZ SHE WAS THRILLED TO BITS WITH THEM.
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM BUT AS I GO OUT READING MY POETRY TO DIFFERENT CHARITIES, ETC., I WROTE TO HER AND ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD MIND IF I READ THEM TO THE PUBLIC.
SHE VERY GENEROUSLY GAVE ME HER PERMISSION AND ALSO SENT ME A NOTE TO SAY THAT SHE HAD NO OBJECTIONS AND WISHED ME WELL WITH THEM.
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