Dewsbury, Northgate c.1965
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Photo of Dewsbury, Northgate c.1965

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The eastern end of Market Place was opened up in the 1830s as the Dewsbury and Gomersal turnpike road. The clocktower, top left, is part of the Co-operative building, which was opened in 1880 at a cost of £7,000 on the site of the old Cottage Hospital.

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Memories of Dewsbury, Northgate c1965

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Dewsbury, Northgate c.1965

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I found this site through a link on another, which had pictures of old buses - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=51 I commented there on some of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport fleet, which my dad used to drive. I was born in Dewsbury, Staincliffe to be exact, in 1957 and then lived in Princess Road, Chickenley for a while, in a house that used to be next to the cricket field, but isn't any more as they've built ...see more