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Here are two letters were written in about 1960, by Reg Norman of "Air Ada" fame, to Mr & Mrs Anker.
The original letter is in the "blue" lines, with a transcription by Sandra (nee Anker) in between.
This may give those unfamiliar with the "Ruzdin speak", a flavour of how the locals spoke, before the advent of television brought us "Queen's English" and has somewhat diluted local accents everywhere.
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One of the letters written by RWN
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17 Moor Road
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| Dear Mis Sanker |
| Dear Mrs Anker |
| Thenkya fa that theer nawwut ayawen. |
| Thank you for that there note of yours. |
| I opes azow ya dawnt mind me arstin onya, but artrawl |
| I hope as how you don't mind me asking of you, but after all |
| these yeayers, alookin at that nut bloom, vellike if |
| these years of looking at that nut bloom, very likely if |
| ya kent urry it forrud itul be too lairt fommy. |
| you can't hurry it forward it will be too late for me. |
| I recknazow tent no good awairtin frawwus t'goo by, gal. |
| I reckon (as how) that it isn't any good waiting for ours to go by, girl. |
| Yawlatta goo into thigh-ways an byways aseekin onit, wooncha? |
| You will have to go into the highways and byways seeking for it, won't you? |
| Well, thenkya anyway, an vellike fom still ere yawl gimme a |
| Well thank you anyway, and very likely if I'm still here you will give me a |
| sprig fommy bedside tairble. |
| sprig for my bedside table. |
| Taddah |
| Tat-tah (goodbye) |
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(signed) RWN
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17 Moor Road
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| Dear Muss Tranker |
| Dear Mr Anker |
| Funny yawda pruned them theer rapple trees ayawn on top |
| If only you had pruned those appled trees of yours on top |
| Ice da bin airble t'uva seed Iyum Steeple an thelms, an the |
| I would have been able to have seen Higham Steeple and the elms, and the |
| backs of Prospek Tavnoo a glisnin in the sunlight. |
| backs of Prospect Avenue a glistening in the sunlight. |
| Spiddy ennit? Tent much, acccouwus but, wi'them an |
| It's a pitty isn't it? It isn't much of course but, with them and |
| the tops utha gasomteres it meks quite a voo, dawnit? |
| the tops of the gasometers it mates quite a view, doesn't it? |
| I wondrif, afawwa Muss Ginns guz in May, week devva goo wi that theer |
| I wonder if before Mr Ginns goes in May, we could have a go with that there |
| tree cutter uvizin, arther, owern. |
| tree cutter of his (one), or rather, ours. |
| Z'matra fac 'e sent me a foo grairpes aSundy, so Om well up in |
| As a matter of fact he sent me a few grapes on Sunday, so I'm well up in |
| moonispul stratug. |
| municipal strategy. |
| 'Opin azow yaw feelin bettna what it leaves me at present |
| Hoping as how you're feeling better than what it leaves me at present. |
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(signed) RWN
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