Editing Samuel Bamford (section)

===Poetry and other writings===
Bamford was the author of poetry mostly in standard English, but of those in dialect, several that showed sympathy with the conditions of the working classes became widely popular.<ref>Brian Hollingworth, ed. (1977) ''Songs of the People''. Manchester: Manchester University Press; p. 151.</ref> Around 1840 he also became associated with the [[The Sun Inn Group|Sun Inn Group]], a collective of fellow working class poets who met regularly at the Sun Inn on Long Millgate in Manchester, where his status as a Peterloo veteran made him an inspiration for younger peers.<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |last1=Dyos |first1=Harold James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hdtvi4I39IEC |title=The Victorian City: Images and Realities |last2=Wolff |first2=Michael |date=1999 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-19324-5 |language=en}}</ref> This was also when he authored ''Passages in the Life of a Radical'' (1840–1844), his authoritative history of the condition of the working classes in the years after the [[Battle of Waterloo]].

In 1850, he published ''Tawk o'Seawth Lankeshur, by Samhul Beamfort,'' which, following the first one written in standard English, even adds a second title page and publishing information in local dialect. It begins:

<poem>{{lang|en|Good lorjus days whot wofo times ar' these,
Pot bos ar scant, and dear ar seawl an cheese,
Eawr Gotum guides us seely sheep dun rob,
Oytch public trust is cheyng'd into a job;
Leys, taxes, customs, meyn our plucks to throb.}}<ref>Samuel Bamford, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=T08YcA3BFnEC&dq=1850%3A%20Tawk%20o%27Seawth%20Lankeshur%2C%20by%20Samuel%20Beamfort&pg=PA1 Dialect of South Lancashire: or, Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary.]'' Manchester, p. 3.</ref></poem>

Continuing his interest in dialect, he also compiled ''The Dialect of South Lancashire'' in 1854.