Chater's Canny Newcassel Diary and Remembrancer 1872


Chater's Canny Newcassel Diary and Remembrancer was a book, published in 1872 by John W. Chater. It contained a mixture of songs, poems, humorous tales, jokes, conundrums, tongue twisters and other items of frivolity.
The full title of the book was “Chater's "Canny Newcassel" Diary and Local Remembrancer, For Bissextile or Leap-Year, 1872. Compiled expressly for this district. J. W. Chater, 89, Clayton Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - 1872”
A copy of an original books is now held at Beamish Museum

The publication

The front cover is as thus :-
CHATER'S

"CANNY NEWCASSL"

DIARY

AND

Local Remembrancer,

FOR BISSEXTILE OR LEAP-YEAR,

1872

COMPILED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS DISTRICT

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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

J. W. CHATER, 89, CLAYTON STREET

1872

Contents

The contents cover many topics, mainly written in the Geordie dialect, often very broad.
Below is a small sample of the songs which this book contained :-