[DanaC]

I quite like that type of accent. Especially the more pronounced brogue kind like the accent of Bolton, Bury, or Rochdale.

Jane Horrocks comes from Rawtenstall, and that's like the classic Lancashire brogue.





In that accent the rs get pronounced almost like in American English - so the r at the end of car is pronounced.


Bolton has a couple of different accents, ranging from something quite similar to Lee Mack, to something closer to Horrocks

Peter Kay, a comedian from Bolton has the accent I mainly grew up around. Elements of this are in my speech, but it is a little less pronounced most of the time. His Phoenix Nights was set in Bolton, and the actors were mainly local. The white haired guy at the start was my mum's boss when she worked at Bolton Royal Infirmary, before he went off on his comedy career.