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Thanks to whoever has improved this page recently - it's looking much better. OlderBrother 13:57, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Yes - slowly this page has been getting better and better as more people have taken interest. This current revision is indeed very good. Well done to all editors of it! SIGURD42 18:14, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
A couple of pictures of the town would be nice. I think ideal subjects would be either the town hall, the minster or the markets. Preferably on a sunny day!
I've put this as a separate section to History, as there seems to be some controversy about the origin. I'll try and put in references to my online sources asap. Some of the theories seem pretty weak to me, but I'm not in a position to make a definitive call on this. Growing up, I was told it meant "David's Fort", so I'm leaning towards theory no. 2. -- OlderBrother 19:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
When I was at school (either Eastborough Infants and Junior or the Wheelwright grammar school, can't recall how old I was) I was taught that in the Middle Ages it was known as Daw's Green. This was backed by a duplicated map of the mediaeval settlement. However, I kave no source for that beyond my own recollection! -- APRCooper 20:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
As far as i know DawGreen wasn't a name for Dewsbury but was a name the area between Westown/Boothroyd LanE and where the new house flats were built near The Flatts . . .near where the Sawdust working mans club was
I love how at the bottom there was a sentence that referred to people from LUElinks as faggot LLers. I fixed it. I'm just wondering who originally wrote this page...
Can somebody define "LLers"? -- Sanguinus 00:01, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, please explain, link or delete it Marriex 11:52, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I think that it may be another word for "chav", "scally", "townee", etc. I can't think of anything that Dewsbury's "well-known for", apart from being a very tough town. I think that this article reflects that quite well.
It means Leeds Loiners ...
Technically, Dewsbury wasn't his "home town". It was only his home town in the sense that it was where he was living just before he commited the terrorist attacks. "Home town" means the place you grew up in. He was born in Leeds and grew up in Beeston, and was only living in Dewsbury since the beginning of this year.
Obviously he should be in the article as he is connected to Dewsbury, but only in a similar the same way to Patrick Stewart- neither were born and raised in Dewsbury, but they have a connection there as the both lived and/or worked there at some point.
asc, 6th Nov 2005
St. John Fishers RC High School has consistantly got a high OFSTED report (or should I say low) averaging between 2-3 (1 being the best) and i think therefore should get a mention in the education section. (i won't get into the outstanding grades year after year) the ofsted grading is as follows: 1=outstanding 2=good 3=satisfactory 4=in-adequate the most recent ofstead report gained a 2-good that must deserve a mention as 1's are near-on impossible to get! Thedec 14:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Someone obviously doesn't like mentioning the riots. I understand that they're not the nicest of things, but they can't be ignored. I don't know much about the 1989 one, but understand that it was quite big news at the time. The one in December was only small, but this was indicated in the article. Does anyone want to say why they don't want these things to be mentioned?
Epa101 17:16, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Were the riots significant enough? Were they reported in the local/regional/national press? first I've heard of them, plus the wording on riots/race relations on this page seems to be sensationalist rather than factual.--
Msp 22:40, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, they were at the time, although it's a while ago. However, after the unpleasant use of that part of the article, I think that I might go back on above statement and say that we need change. It is undeniable that Dewsbury has problems with race relations, but hearing about that neo-Nazi video persuades me that it might be best to stick to happy topics. Epa101 23:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I've decided to remove all content to do with race relations. I know that that's not strictly in accordance with policy, but I think that this was an emergency. Epa101 23:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
This article was actually quoted by a neo-Nazi video "Dewsbury needs help". I think that the demographics section might need a bit of rewording. Epa101 22:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I think a separate retail section could be added. This section would include further details about the famous market and the possible decline of the town centre (with Marks and Spencer closing, increasing amount of empty shops etc). Msp 06:40, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Having visited Dewsbury in July 2014 I think the 'possible decline of the town centre' should be changed to simply the 'decline of the town centre'. It's deadsville - lots of closed shops and no major names; those that are open are mainly bookmakers and pound shops. The market may still be good but otherwise this is unquestionably a once proud borough which is now a visibly failed town that is going nowhere except down further. Cassandra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.8.166 ( talk) 12:22, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
In the recent section of the article here is heavy concentration of negative aspects, which I think is unnecessary - I think we need some more positivity there to balance the article out a little. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.171.92 ( talk) 08:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm still not convinced that the names of the supermarkets opening stores in the area have any particular relevance to the article. The edits I made (some of which were reverted) were a rather hasty attempt at making this article less POV. I'm sorry that I blanket-deleted those sections - perhaps someone would now be prepared to rewrite some sections of the article omitting the rather non-encyclopedic parts e.g. "The town centre is starting to see a something of a revival", political commentary out of scope of the article e.g. "the headteacher of the school, Nicola Roth, has been highly critical of School League Tables in the UK and has been reported to have said "It would be better if league tables did not exist"." and also elements that are likely to change over time (there are rather a lot fo these). Jimjamjak ( talk) 13:24, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
"In 1836 Benjamin Chadwick established what would become Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors (still going strong 174 years later and one of the largest law firms in the UK), with the first office on Church Street, Dewsbury (where Boots the Chemist is now)." Several objections to this addition.
Jimjamjak ( talk) 17:21, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
In response to Jimjamjak comments:
I have therefore re-introduced the entry, with the greatest of respect, taking the above comments into account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yorkshire lawyer ( talk • contribs) 12:05, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
I was always under the impression that Greg Rusedski had a link with Dewsbury. Was it his Mum? can anyone shed light? Does that qualify? Did he ever live in the area or always in Canada? I remember the lead singer from Black Lace (Agadoo etc) moving to between Thornhill and Thornhil Lees. Does that count? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.205.221.83 ( talk • contribs) 04:50, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
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In 2011 a contribution of https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dewsbury&diff=c816950844&oldid=457395896 gave a contribution to the IPA pronunciation of Dewsbury cited from Oxford B.B.C. Guide to Pronunciation, Oxford, 2006, page 99.
On 24 December 2017 this was updated with no reference as to why. Unfortunately I do not have reference to the original source to see if one or both are consistent with it, but in the absence of comment as to the reason of the update it seems reasonable to revert this latest revision.
For anyone who interested a local pronunciation of Dewsbury is available at http://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Millenium-memory-bank/021M-C0900X08524X-0400V1 just after 4:53. Djm-leighpark ( talk) 19:57, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
@ Djm-leighpark: The purpose of this section is surely to provide a list of notable people who have a significant connection to the town. Strictly limiting it to people who were born there is a poor way to achieve that. It excludes people who are closely associated with the town arbitrarily, because they were born elsewhere, and includes people who have no connection but who's parents happened to briefly live there when they were born. People from a place is a more flexible criteria that also matches our category tree, i.e. Category:People from Dewsbury. – Joe ( talk) 08:35, 11 June 2020 (UTC)