Dewsbury Greats. A select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Dewsbury RLFC played in the first Rugby League Challenge Cup Final to be
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Eastborough boy who was knighted for his service to politicsSir
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Mick Stephenson THE golden boy of Rugby League, Dewsbury-born Mick
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Mill chairman chosen as one of the Queen’s representatives in
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. VC awarded to World War 1 hero who was determined
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Dewsbury Greats. Two of the select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. Charlotte and Anne Bronte lived in Dewsbury MoorTWO of the Bronte sisters. Charlotte and Anne, lived in Dewsbury for a short while.Charlotte came in 1837 to be a teacher at
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Westtown’s four stone weakling who raced his way to the
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Dewsbury’s brave bandmaster who played on as the Titanic sankFEW
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. The girl from Eastborough who became the first woman Speaker
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Betty Lockwood, the Shaw Cross miners daughter who became a
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Comedy legend who always remembered his relatives in DewsburyStan the
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Bravery in defying World War I machine gun fire earned
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Curate who wrote the first piece of Bronte literature in
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. The Thornhill Lees teacher who braved a gruelling Channel swimEileen
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. The writer of ‘Knees Up Mother Brown’ was a Ravensthorpe
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A Dewsbury Great. One of a select group of individuals born, bred or living in Dewsbury who have made their mark on their town and country. The Dewsbury Greats have featured in various exhibitions and publications since they were first researched and published in 1992. Eddie Waring pictured at Crown Flatt in 1936 ‘Mr Rugby
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