Looking at old pictures of Dewsbury like these, gives us some idea of how Dewsbury has changed over the years.
1. 10 March 1972
Dewsbury market place and shops, 10 March 1972
2. 27 November 1987
The chance to see a spectacular view of the heavens through a powerful telescope was offered to the public by members of the Batley and Spenborough Astronomical Society. Star gazers Mr Charles Cross and Neil Powell, 14, from Dewsbury are pictured with the telescope in the observatory at Wilton Park, Batley.
3. 5 October 1967
Sir Alfred Broughton and his wife Joyce (nee Denton). Wedding at Spen Valley Register Office, Dewsbury.
4. 18 February 1991
Fire damaged buildings at Ravensthorpe Railway Station near Dewsbury.