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I am responsible for altering this page a lot with regard to the collieries. The problem began from looking at the BBC's website and carried on with Colin Jackson's "A-Z of colliery names". Both think that the Savile & Shawcross colliery between Ossett and Dewsbury closed in 1985. They had become confused with the Savile colliery at Methley, which did indeed shut in that year. Ossett's Savile had closed years and years earlier. I may write to Colin Jackson shortly to inform him of this.
Population 32,000 sounds a big high. Where did that figure come from?
Someone added that Ossett is exactly half-way between Dewsbury and Wake. I reversed that addition, as it is slightly closer to Dewsbury town centre.
You didn't say much about South Ossett, Why? I made my own South Ossett page and added a link at the bottom of the article. Chris as I am Chris 18:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
I realise trivia sections are inherently discouraged, but before we delete it wholesale maybe we could check some of the claims. Specifically:
Otherwise we can stick them on the talk page if/until something turns up. Finally, the "ossett there and back again" thing sounds like a pun, I've never heard it used in the town. Anyone want to stand up for this one? Behind The Wall Of Sleep 15:18, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I receieved that Ed Balls letter, but did not save it. I can give a reference for two of the claims now, so I shall o and do it. Epa101 12:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Once all the buses are finished, it just says "Osset bus station". I must have seen it somewhere other than just then, but cannot remember offhand. That bus company link is quite funny. Epa101 ( talk) 00:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
We've got a long, rambling discussion of pubs in the town, including discussion of several which are now closed (of which some 20+ years ago), and some which apparently don't count as actually being in Ossett. Can anyone give a good reason as to why this should be such a prominent feature of the encyclopaedia page on the town? Maybe we should go with "Ossett has several pubs and a small nightclub in the town centre". Opinions? Behind The Wall Of Sleep ( talk) 11:20, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
An anon IP has tagged the article as long after deleting some material from the article. I do not think the long tag is really justified and probably should be removed. Someone who known the place needs to review the changes to see if they are reasonable. Keith D ( talk) 10:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
There's another Rossett, and it is known that the word came from the Welsh for throne (Orsedd or Gorsedd); as we're in the old Brythonic kingdom of Elmet here, I have NO doubt that Ossett also came from this Welsh word. It's still used today. The double "t" is very interesting, and comes from the original double "d". The Welsh / Brythonic "yr" is equivalent to the Eng,lish "the". Llywelyn2000 ( talk) 03:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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I thought that the figures for Ossett's rainfall seemed very high: if true, it would mean that Ossett gets more rain than Manchester, which seems unlikely.
On checking the link, I discovered that the data for Ossett are taken from the nearest weather station, which is Birchencliffe (west side of Huddersfield). Is this an accurate proxy? Although it's only about 10 miles away, Birchencliffe is 210m above sea level whereas Ossett is only 102m, so Birchencliffe is bound to get a lot more rain. I would question whether it's appropriate to use Birchencliffe's data for Ossett. Epa101 ( talk) 16:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
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I have heard that Black Lace came from Ossett but I'm not sure if this is true. I am not a fan of the band. The article for Alan Barton says that he was from Barnsley. The article for Terry Dobson says that he worked in Ossett, but was from the Flanshaw estate in Wakefield. Is there any reliable source to give the band a meaningful link to Ossett? Epa101 ( talk) 16:27, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
I tidied up this section a little, but I think those people without a Wikipedia article (for themselves or their main claim to fame) should be removed. TrottieTrue ( talk) 14:28, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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I am responsible for altering this page a lot with regard to the collieries. The problem began from looking at the BBC's website and carried on with Colin Jackson's "A-Z of colliery names". Both think that the Savile & Shawcross colliery between Ossett and Dewsbury closed in 1985. They had become confused with the Savile colliery at Methley, which did indeed shut in that year. Ossett's Savile had closed years and years earlier. I may write to Colin Jackson shortly to inform him of this.
Population 32,000 sounds a big high. Where did that figure come from?
Someone added that Ossett is exactly half-way between Dewsbury and Wake. I reversed that addition, as it is slightly closer to Dewsbury town centre.
You didn't say much about South Ossett, Why? I made my own South Ossett page and added a link at the bottom of the article. Chris as I am Chris 18:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
I realise trivia sections are inherently discouraged, but before we delete it wholesale maybe we could check some of the claims. Specifically:
Otherwise we can stick them on the talk page if/until something turns up. Finally, the "ossett there and back again" thing sounds like a pun, I've never heard it used in the town. Anyone want to stand up for this one? Behind The Wall Of Sleep 15:18, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I receieved that Ed Balls letter, but did not save it. I can give a reference for two of the claims now, so I shall o and do it. Epa101 12:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Once all the buses are finished, it just says "Osset bus station". I must have seen it somewhere other than just then, but cannot remember offhand. That bus company link is quite funny. Epa101 ( talk) 00:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
We've got a long, rambling discussion of pubs in the town, including discussion of several which are now closed (of which some 20+ years ago), and some which apparently don't count as actually being in Ossett. Can anyone give a good reason as to why this should be such a prominent feature of the encyclopaedia page on the town? Maybe we should go with "Ossett has several pubs and a small nightclub in the town centre". Opinions? Behind The Wall Of Sleep ( talk) 11:20, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
An anon IP has tagged the article as long after deleting some material from the article. I do not think the long tag is really justified and probably should be removed. Someone who known the place needs to review the changes to see if they are reasonable. Keith D ( talk) 10:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
There's another Rossett, and it is known that the word came from the Welsh for throne (Orsedd or Gorsedd); as we're in the old Brythonic kingdom of Elmet here, I have NO doubt that Ossett also came from this Welsh word. It's still used today. The double "t" is very interesting, and comes from the original double "d". The Welsh / Brythonic "yr" is equivalent to the Eng,lish "the". Llywelyn2000 ( talk) 03:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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I thought that the figures for Ossett's rainfall seemed very high: if true, it would mean that Ossett gets more rain than Manchester, which seems unlikely.
On checking the link, I discovered that the data for Ossett are taken from the nearest weather station, which is Birchencliffe (west side of Huddersfield). Is this an accurate proxy? Although it's only about 10 miles away, Birchencliffe is 210m above sea level whereas Ossett is only 102m, so Birchencliffe is bound to get a lot more rain. I would question whether it's appropriate to use Birchencliffe's data for Ossett. Epa101 ( talk) 16:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
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I have heard that Black Lace came from Ossett but I'm not sure if this is true. I am not a fan of the band. The article for Alan Barton says that he was from Barnsley. The article for Terry Dobson says that he worked in Ossett, but was from the Flanshaw estate in Wakefield. Is there any reliable source to give the band a meaningful link to Ossett? Epa101 ( talk) 16:27, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
I tidied up this section a little, but I think those people without a Wikipedia article (for themselves or their main claim to fame) should be removed. TrottieTrue ( talk) 14:28, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
HOW CAN A TOWN BE IN A CITY?? 77.99.38.129 ( talk) 22:55, 31 May 2022 (UTC)