This photo gallery aims to bring into focus life in the town throughout 1996. It features a range of landmarks and familiar faces as well as highlighting some of the stories making the local news headlines over the 12 months. Do you recognise anyone? READ MORE: 31 photos to take you back to Wakefield in 1996 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Dewsbury in 1996
School nurse Eileen Sutherland taking swabs to test for Meningitis at Thornhill High School in January 1996. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
14. Dewsbury in 1996
Ouzle the hedgehog tries out his artificial leg at Dewsbury's Hog Hospital in May 1996.
15. Dewsbury in 1996
Dewsbury College students took an interest in old fashion board games rather than modern day computer games. Pictured is Andrew Smith, Zoe Leeming, Chirs Booth and Ahsan Shaffi playing chess. Photo: James Hardisty
16. Dewsbury in 1996
Chaplain Rev Peter Benson looks at a stained glass panel in the chapel at Dewsbury General Hospital in March 1996. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
17. Dewsbury in 1996
Julie Allan, catering Manager at Dewsbury Minster Refectory, enjoys a cup of coffee in the cafe which had been listed in the Eat at Cathedrals and Churches guide.
18. Dewsbury in 1996
Dewsbury College's Travel and Tourism Centre in February 1996. Pictured, from left, are tutors Judith Hinchcliffe and Angela Wallwork with students James Taylor and Ellen Blakeley. Photo: Mark Bickerdike