Stuff We Did, Whilst Not Being A Newspaper.
It’s our 5th Birthday. How on earth did that happen? And we’re still not a newspaper! Despite an average of 4 calls a month from folks wanting to place something...
Yorkshire Silents Visits Ossett
When we started Ossett Observer, six years ago, we hoped to be able to bring Silent Film back to Ossett. There was a long tradition of Silents at The Ossett...
Pop Up Silent Film Cinema Comes To Town
On May 22nd, we’ll be working with the incredible Yorkshire Silent Film Festival to create a Pop Up Cinema in the beautiful Trinity Church in Ossett. This unique event combines a classic...
More Threshold with Schwa!
Most excellent news! ‘Schwa‘ have been awarded funding from Arts Council England for a 2017 Libraries tour of their show ‘Threshold’. Working in partnership with Libraries from Leeds, Bradford and Kirklees...
Tell Us Your Stories Of Hospitality
As part of our research for Threshold, we are inviting people to tell us stories of hospitality they have been offered and received. A few weeks ago we asked you...
Ossett Observer’s New Year’s Rulin’s
Happy New Year my dearios. Now, how many times have we all set ourselves New Year’s Resolutions that all fly out the window the first time someone offers us a...
Thank You For A Smashing Year
Goodness we’ve had an excellent year at Ossett Observer. Thank you so much to everyone that has taken part in all of our projects this year. Thank you to artists,...
Holding Your Hand Through Hard Times
A little under 18 months ago we published our first Ossett Observer book ‘Cigarettes, Beer and Love’ by poet Ralph Dartford. Of all the projects we have undertaken here at...
Book In A Day
On September 20th 2014. Wakefield Lit Fest gave us a day of their festival to programme for the good people of Ossett. We decided that as 2014 is the 150th...
Join Us for #Observer150
Hurrah!!! We’re 150!!!!! Break out the balloons and streamers!!! I know … we don’t look a day over 45 but this year, 2014, marks the 150th anniversary of the founding...
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