dialect. Previously The Sentinel has carried other stories in the dialect, most notably the Jabez stories written by Wilfred Bloor under the pseudonym of A Scott Alan Povey's Owd Grandad Piggott stories which have aired on BBC Radio Stoke for a number of years are recited in the Potteries dialect by the author. The Potteries accent is much more difficult to imitate than the better known Cockney, Scouse, Brummie or Geordie; and few actors from outside the Potteries have managed to master it. Neither in the 1952 film "The Card" nor in the 1976 TV series "Clayhanger", did any actor give a reasonable rendition of the accent. Ken Loach's 1971 film The Rank and File was set in the Potteries and attempted to use the local dialect, but many of the actors were recruited from the film The Big Flame which was set in Liverpool and used Scouse. However, Toby Jones carried off the accent near flawlessly in the award winning film Marvellous. His father, actor Freddie Jones, was born in the Potteries. See also Owd Grandad Piggott Cheshire dialect References Bibliography Arfur Tow Crate in Staffy Cher The 2nd book of Arfur Tow Crate in Staffy Cher Learn Thesen Potteries Dialect A Centenary Compendium of the Jabez Stories Further reading Sounds Familiar?Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website The Survey of English Dialects (University of Leeds) The Survey of English Dialects (Yorkshire Dialect Society) Extracts from the survey (British Library) External links Potteries Dialect links May un Mar Lady Examples Brief History of Potteries Dialect on BBC website Dialect words as collected by Peter Roy Turner from Brown Edge Staffordshire Contemplation upon the origins and usage of the Potteries dialect Culture in Stoke-on-Trent Dialects of English Potteries Urban Area British regional nicknames City colloquials The Wilfred Bloor papers the author of The Jabez Stories Where to buy Jabez Books