Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid

Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid (14 November 1902 – August 1984), known as Dorfy, was a noted dialect author and journalist^[2] who specialised in the Geordie dialect.

Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid
Born	Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid 14 November 1902 South Shields, County Durham, England[1]
Died	August 1984 Acomb, Northumberland, England
Pen name	Dorfy
Occupation	Author, journalist
Nationality	English
Education	St. Johns' Higher Grade School, South Shields
Period	wrote for Shields Gazette from before the War until about 1970
Genre	family stories and her own take on the general news
Subject	Geordie Dialect
Literary movement	Shields, Irthington, Shields, Allendale, Hexham.
Notable works	Basinful o' Geordie: Tyneside Readings (1970) Between Ye an' Me (1969) I Remember (1976) Watt cheor? (197?)

Early life

Born Dorothy Pilbin in 1902 to a Quaker family in George Scott Street, South Shields, County Durham^[1] influenced by her childhood, she went on to write works concerned with the Geordie dialect.^[3] 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 Shields Gazette revolving around her early twentieth century South Shields upbringing; spoken in the Geordie dialect.^[1] In her later years she retired to Hexham.^[2]

Bibliography

• Basinful o' Geordie (1988)^[3]
• Between Ye an' Me (1969)
• I Remember (1976); A book detailing reminiscences from 1910 – 1914.^[4]
• Mair Geordie Taalks^[5]
• Watt cheor? (197?)
• HOWAY HINNIES! Another Collection of Dialect Stories and Poems (195?)^[6]