A DAUGHTER wants to revive interest in Yorkshire dialect through her late father’s work.

Golcar man William Beaumont wrote poetry and prose in the Yorkshire dialect.

His 57-year-old daughter, Katharine, wants a new generation to appreciate his writing.

She said: “I would like my father’s work to be promoted because the Yorkshire dialect is important to this area.”

William, who died in 1976 aged 58, was a regular contributor to the Examiner and was best known for his series Yar Joe Willie and Throng as Thropp’s Wife.

Katharine said: “He talked to people all the time and he wrote about local life. He was an intelligent man, but he never lost contact with the common man.”

William also wrote books of poetry, such as Ben Briggs and Other Rhymes, which was published in 1972.

Katharine said: “He didn’t believe in making money from his creative activities so the books were sold at cost price.”

Katharine, who lives in Golcar, thinks his work is of interest to modern readers.

She said: “I think most of the dialect is easily understandable, it’s not obscure. I think people in Yorkshire are beginning to re-discover their past.

“There was a strong pull towards multi-culturalism in the 1960s and 70s which drew us away from what Yorkshire is all about.

“It’s very important to remember why Yorkshire, with its textile industry, was the backbone of England.”

William was born in Milnsbridge in 1917. He had his first poem printed in the Examiner in 1937.

After serving in the Middle East during the Second World War he settled in Golcar and worked as a teacher for Huddersfield Education Authority.

William and his wife Barbara had three daughters.

Katharine promised her mother before she died last year that she would promote her father’s writing.

She said: “My mother had Alzheimer’s but, before it got really bad, she used to take my hand and say ‘promise me you will do something for your father’s work’. I promised my mum I would do my very best.

“My mum was the linchpin. She encouraged him to get an education and become a teacher and a writer. She was a wonderful woman.”

Some of William’s work, including the book Tales of Moortop, is available in libraries in Kirklees.