Editing Ossett (section)

==Culture and media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Emley_Moor|title=Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]], [[Heart Yorkshire]], [[Capital Yorkshire]], [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire]], and [[Rhubarb Radio (Wakefield)|Rhubarb Radio]], a community based station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rhubarbradio.co.uk/|title=Rhubarb Radio|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>

The ''[[Wakefield Express]]'' and the ''[[Dewsbury Reporter]]''  report local news. The ''[[Wakefield Express]]'' publishes an ''Ossett Edition'', and also contains an Ossett and district section. Ossett has a free magazine ''The Ossett Review''<ref>[http://www.ryallspublishing.com Ryalls Publishing Ltd] Publisher of ''The Ossett Review''  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222115042/http://www.ryallspublishing.com/ |date=22 December 2014 }}</ref> established in July 2005. ''The Ossett Civic Trust'' produce a quarterly newsletter ''Ossett Times''.<ref>[http://www.ossettcivictrust.co.uk/ Ossett Civic Trust Web Site – Newsletter] ''Ossett Times''</ref> ''The Horbury Ossett Community News'', which is a free local weekly paper printed and distributed throughout the town and [[Horbury]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.horburyossettnews.co.uk/|title= The Horbury Osset Community News|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>

Gawthorpe hosts the annual World Coal-Carrying Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gawthorpe.ndo.co.uk/coal.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142412/http://www.gawthorpe.ndo.co.uk/coal.htm|url-status=dead|title=gawthorpe.ndo.co.uk|archive-date=5 March 2016|website=www.gawthorpe.ndo.co.uk}}</ref> (Easter Monday) and an annual Maypole parade in May. Ossett Beercart takes place on the first weekend of June. Ossett Gala takes place in July. The turning on of the Christmas lights is another focal point for the community, along with the fire station's bonfire on the Friday evening nearest to 5 November. The Ossett Beer Festival takes place annually at the ''Brewers' Pride'' pub, Healey Road, Ossett over the August bank holiday weekend.

* The town is mentioned in the song ''It's Grim Up North'' by [[The KLF]].
* Ossett was defined as "wheeare the' black-leead t'tram lines" in both ''A Yorkshireman's Dictionary'' by Peter Wright and ''The Yorkshire Dictionary'' by Arnold Kellett, although neither book gives any explanation for this. One interpretation is that it was mocking the town's heavy pollution when it was industrialised. Another is that Ossett people were seen as fussy and pedantic.
* From [[Austin Mitchell]]'s ''Talkin' Yorkshire'' (page 48):
: ''In moments of extreme anger Ossett fish-puddlers have been known to resent "thou" and reply "Don't thee thou me thee thou thissen and see how tha likes thee thouing" but this is rare.''
*Ossett is the home of Wakefield Orchestral Wind (WOW), an orchestral wind band with a varied repertoire including popular film music, show music, big band, classical and their conductor's own arrangements. The band plays regularly at local events, such as Ossett Gala, Horbury Show and Camphill Pennine Community Summer Fair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefieldorchestralwind.org.uk|title=Wakefield Orchestral Wind|publisher=wakefieldorchestralwind.org.uk}}</ref>
*[[Software house]] [[Team17]] was previously based there, and their most famous game – [[Worms (game)|"Worms"]] – contained a [[Hell]] level with a sign saying, "Welcome to Ossett". In the sequel Worms 2, there is the cheat code 'OSSETT', which enables the levels from the first game.
* Ossett is defined in the "[[Meaning of liff]]" as "a frilly spare-toilet-roll-cosy".