In Lancashire (and other non-devolved Northern areas) there's a tendency to swap the gender* endings in the past tense, so we get, I were, she/he/it were but we/you/they was.
However, in Rochdale at least, there is pretension to refinement at administrational level: Outside the new municipal offices there is a steel sign, rather like the one at New Scotland Yard, which says "Accessible Access". If you think it is -ist to put "disabled access" - and you'd have a point - why not put "alternative entrance". I try to stand up for Rochdale in the face of the shocking public image it has. This doesn't help. I'll voice my irritation but it won't be removed unless metal thieves help out.
* sorry, I didn't mean gender, I meant singular/plural