It contained a mixture of "songs, poems, humorous tales, jokes, conundrums, tongue twisters and other items of frivolity".
[1] The full title of the book was “Chater's 'Canny Newcassel' Diary and Local Remembrancer, For Bissextile or Leap-Year, 1872.
A copy of an original books is now held at Beamish Museum/ The front cover is as thus:
1872 The contents cover many topics, mainly written in the Geordie dialect, often very broad.
Below is a small sample of the songs (and poetry) which this book contained: D-D1 - according to Dunbar's local songs and recitations 1874, the writer is William Dunbar M-G2 - according to Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827, the writer is Robert Gilchrist Tune-A -The tune is not given in the book - but it has been added as attributed in Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891 Geordie dialect words John W. Chater Chater’s Annual – a yearbook published between 1861-1882 Chater’s Keelmin's Comic Annewal – a yearbook published between 1869 and 1883