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Ossett Picture Gallery


Old Ossett
Bank Street
Bank Street
Bank Street 1915

Bank Street
Bank Street 1960
Belgrave Street
Brocodale Gardens

Dale Street
Dale Street
Church Street
Church Street 1900

Church Street Rec 1955
Cockburns Corner		 Ossett Cong Church
Congregational Church		 Ossett Tram
Ossett Tram

Cussens Chemists
Dale Street
Dale Street
1937 Xmas Bazaar

Teddy Wilson


V.N.Wilson 1926
Flushdyke Station
Ossett Teddies 1910

Gill Bros
Healey Road
Holy Trinity
Liberal Club

Midland Bank
Looking up Dale St
Mechanics Institute
Methodist Chapel

Ossett 1787 Map
Old Ossett Grammar
Old Ossett Church
Ossett Charter

Ossett Funeral
Old Town Centre
Station Rd Bridge
Old Ossett Station

New Ossett Station
Ossett Steam Train
Ossett 1775 map
Grammar School

Ossett Market
Town Hall
Ossett 1851 map
Ossett Ambulance

Ossett bus		 Ossett Market Place 1980
Market Place 1980
Church Feast 1910		 General Booth in Ossett 1907
General Booth 1907
Ossett Trinity Church
Trinity Church
Market Place
Ossett Outskirts
Beeching's Legacy

Town Hall
Ossett Palladium
Red Lion
Roundwood Colliery

Runtlings Lane
Ryecroft Street
Shaw Peace		 South Ossett Church
South Ossett Church

Springstone House
Station Road
Station Road
Station Road

Temperance Hall
The Gables, Station Road
The Goit, Healey
Top Headlands

Town Hall opening 1908 		Kingsway 1976
Kingsway 1976
Ossett Tram 1908
V.N. Wilson Factory

V.N. Wilson Factory
Wesley Street 1907
Isolation Hospital
Sparrow Park, West Wells
Hanson and Bentleys
Hanson & Bentley 		Ossett Co-op Show
Ossett Co-op Show 		Ossett Co-op Outing
Ossett Co-op Outing 		Walter Ashton
Walter Ashton
Little Bull Hog Roast
Little Bull Hog Roast 		Ossett Society 1911
Ossett Group 1911 		Erecting Maypole
Maypole 1953 		Water Tower
Gawthorpe Water Tower
Maypole Dancers 1961
Maypole Dancers 1961 		Outcropping in Gawthorpe
Outcropping 1926 		Benton Wilby
Benton Wilby 		Chickenley Heath
Chickenley Heath Station 1905
Giggal Hill
Giggal Hill circa 1900 		Giggal Hill and the Green
Giggall Hill circa 1970 		Ossett below Manor Road
Below Manor Road about 1910

Ossett Magistrates 1900
Ossett Magistrates circa 1900
1894 Isolation Hospital, Storr's Hill
New Isolation Hospital 1894 		Nettleton's Butchers 1911
Nettleton's Butchers shop in 1911

Ossett Green
Ossett Green 		Old Market Place 1909
Ossett Market Place in 1914
Ossett Show 1912
Ossett Agricultural Show 1911 		Ossett Grammar School circa 1916
Ossett Grammar School circa 1916

Wesleyan Band, Ossett 1888
Ossett Wesleyan Chapel Band 1888 		Edward Clay and Son, first lorry in 1912
Edward Clay wagon in 1912
Ossett Palladium
Ossett Palladium Cinema 1930s		 Devon Brook, Sowood Farm
Fred Brook & Son, Sowood Farm

Old Wesley Street
Old Wesley Street 1930s 		Old Ossett Ambulance 1908
Old Ossett Ambulance 1908
Bank Street then and now
Bank Street, Ossett then and now 		War Memorial
Ossett War Memorial in Market Place 		Westfield Mill, Wesley Street 1983
Westfield Mill, Wesley Street, 1983		 Inside the old Wesleyan Chapel
Inside the old Wesleyan Chapel

Burdekins
Burdekin's Basket Works,
Flushdyke, Ossett

Ossett Station Trip 1964
School Trip at Ossett Station
circa 1964

Broc-o-Dale Gardens, Kingsway
Broc-o-Dale Gardens, Kingsway 		Spring Mill
Spring Mill, Queens Drive
Mitchell Laithes Hospital
Mitchell Laithes Hospital 		Ossett Market Place 1953
Ossett Market Place 1953 		Ossett Common Rovers 1964
Ossett Common Rovers 1964 		Old Post Office 1870
Old Ossett Post Office 1870
Bonfire at Gedham 1911
Bonfire at Gedham 1911 		Mayor Harvey Robinson 1911
Mayor Harvey Robinson 1911 		Dale Street top into Marketplace 1904
Top of Dale Street 1904 		WW1 Air Crash Gedham Field
1918 Air Crash, Ossett
Gawthorpe Zion Panto 1960
Gawthorpe Zion 1960/61 		Greenfield Mill, Runtlings
Greenfield Mill, Runtlings 		Figure of Three Locks, Healey
Figure of Three Locks, Healey 		Gawthorpe Juniors about 1965
Gawthorpe Juniors 1965/66
War Memorial South Ossett
South Ossett War Memorial		 Storr's Hill Hollywood graffiti
"Hollywood", Storr's Hill		 Barge at Millbank Lock
Barge at Millbank Lock		 Ossett Trinity 1961
Ossett Trinity ARLFC in 1961
Baptist Lane Church
South Ossett Baptist Church 1981		 Wagons at Victoria Mills
J.F. Burrows Wagons 1950s		 Mill workers at Victoria Mills
Millworkers at Victoria Mills		 Flying Horse 1957
Flying Horse in 1957
Top of Church Street
Top of Church Street		 Junction Lane in the 1960s
Junction Lane in the 1960s		 Ossett Station from a train at the platform
Ossett Station from a train		 Roundwood being demolished
Roundwood being demolished
Dearnley's Shop in the Green
Dearnley's Shop, Ossett Green		 Earth closet at Fern Cottage
Earth closet at Fern Cottage		 Langley's Mill
Langley's Mill, Dale Street		 Market Place, Ossett & Midland Bank
Market Place & Midland Bank
Ossett Storrs Hill 1910
Storrs Hill in 1910		 Town hall ceremony in 1908
Opening Ossett Town Hall 1908		 Tumbling Close 1950s
Tumbling Close in the 1950s		 Belgian refugees in Ossett during WW1
Belgian refugees in Ossett WW1
West Wells Farm off Bank Street
West Wells Farm off Bank St.		 Storrs Hill Road
Storrs Hill Road 1950s or 60s		 Arthur Lloyd Transport wagon from 1930s
Arthur Lloyd wagon 1930s		 Ossett RUFC 1939
Ossett RUFC in 1939
Gawthorpe Primary 1960
Gawthorpe Primary 1960/61		 End of WW1 celebrations Ossett
End of WW1 celebrations		 Owl Lane Mill in 1952
Owl Lane Mill in 1952		 Gawthorpe Bethesda Cricket Team in 1915
Gawthorpe Bethesda Cricket Team in 1915
D.D. Nettleton, Corn Merchant, Town End
D.D. Nettleton, Corn Merchant		 Gawthorpe Juniors Football 1962
Gawthorpe Juniors Football 1962		 House near Mews Hotel
Dale House, Dale Street		 Town End Cottages
Old Cottages, Town End
Old Town End
House in Old Town End		 The Green Ossett, 1910
Ossett Green in 1910		 Ossett's Last Lamplighter
Ossett's Last Lamplighter		 Elder House off Teal Street
Elder House off Teal St in the 1960s
Manor House, manor Road
Manor House, Manor Road		 Station Road
Station Road below the old station		 George Street and Broomcroft Road
George Street & Broomcroft Road		 Old Hotel at Spring End
Old Hotel at Spring End
St Johns Chapel, South Parade, 1907
St. John's Chapel, 1907		 Healey Marshalling Yard 1968
View from Storrs Hill Bridge 1968		 Leeds Road End 1972
Leeds Road End 1972		 Runtlings 1965
Runtings and Mill in 1965
Steam Train 61268 at Runtlings, Ossett
Steam Train at Runtlings		 A cold day at Healey
A Cold Day at Healey 		60022 Mallard at Healey
60022 "Mallard" at Healey		 Somewhere in Ossett 1950s
Somewhere in Ossett 1950s
Joseph Saxton Wilby's shop on Ossett Green
J. S. Wilby's Shop - The Green		 Gathorpe St. Mary's Church
Gawthorpe St. Mary's Church		 Ossett Wesleyan Cricket Club 1920s
Ossett Wesleyan Cricket Club		 Ossett Bowling Club 1910
Ossett Bowling Club circa 1910
Gaskell Choir
Gaskell Choir 1961		 Gawthorpe Band
Ossett Brass Band 1930s		 Old Roundwood Colliery
Old Roundwood Colliery Paintings		 Church Street into Dale Street
Church Street circa 1905

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The 180+ Ossett pictures in this gallery come from a variety of sources and locations.

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