Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid (14 November 1902 – August 1984), known as Dorfy, was a noted dialect author and journalist who specialised in the Geordie dialect.

Early life

Born Dorothy Pilbin in 1902 to a

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family in George Scott Street,

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, County Durham influenced by her childhood, she went on to write works concerned with the Geordie dialect. Educated at St. Johns' Higher Grade School, South Shields. As there was no work for her father the family moved from Shields to Irthington, then back to Shields before 1938, then to Allendale in 1946, and then Hexham in 1959.

Career

Dorfy had her own column for many years in the

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revolving around her early twentieth century South Shields upbringing; spoken in the Geordie dialect. In her later years she retired to Hexham.

Bibliography

* ''Basinful o' Geordie'' (1988) * ''Between Ye an' Me'' (1969) * ''I Remember'' (1976); A book detailing reminiscences from 1910 – 1914. * ''Mair Geordie Taalks'' * ''Watt cheor?'' (197?) *''HOWAY HINNIES! Another Collection of Dialect Stories and Poems'' (195?)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelson-Sandvid, Dorothy 1902 births 1984 deaths People from South Shields Writers from Hexham English women non-fiction writers English women journalists 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English writers