Syd Jackson's MemoirsMy mothers parents came to Yorkshire from Norwich. I think they viewed all Yorkshire people with suspicion and rather looked down on those who spoke with the northern accent; so much less cultured than the Norfolk drawl. I suppose this meant that we all lived our lives feeling apologetic for our terrible dialect speech. When I was forty five I went to a speech therapist to have my accent reshaped to New Zealand standards. But I was told my accent was