Walter Hampson Biography

Walter Hampson (1864–1932) was a self-educated railway engine driver, who in his spare time wrote poetry, a published volume about a fictional trip abroad by three Yorkshiremen, edited a local journal devoted to the Yorkshire dialect, and authored a history of his hometown Normanton, West Yorkshire, that while never published in his lifetime, has been made available by the town on its website.

Yorkshire dialect author and poet. Hometown Normanton, West Yorkshire, England. Occupation railway engine driver. Published books include "Tykes Abrooad" [sic] (published by W. Nicholson & Sons, 1911), a comical account of a journey from "Normanton" to "Normandy" by three pals from Yorkshire. "AWheel in Wharfeland" 1918. And "Private Job Mugglestone" published 1916. Copies of this book are now very rare, as most of them were sent to the troops in the first world war trenches. From 1917 until his death in 1932 Walter was also the main contributor and editor of the annual magazine "The Old Clock Almanack" (last published by Watmoughs' Limited, Bradford) also written in Yorkshire dialect.