2002 featured a visit to the town by Coronation Street actor John Savident, who played butcher Fred Elliott in the long running soap. Real life mirrored soap life as he helped serve customers at Elliott’s Butchers in Dewsbury Market. It was a 12 months which saw football fans come together at the town’s new Asda store to watch England in the World Cup while Dewsbury played host to a range of community events. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the life of the market town. READ MORE: 32 photos to take you back to Dewsbury in 1997
![Catherine Hook and Sarah Horsfall at a Christmas party held in Crows Nest Park in December 2002.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk1ZGRlNWQwLTMzZjgtNDJjZS1hMmUyLWUyYmZjZTk3NzkwNDo0NDk4NGJlZC1hMmNmLTRkMDYtYjFhNS03MmZkZmNhYWFhMzc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Dewsbury 2002
Catherine Hook and Sarah Horsfall at a Christmas party held in Crows Nest Park in December 2002. Photo: Tony Johnson
![Civic street wardens on patrol in Dewsbury town centre in December 20002. Pictured from left, are Graham Brierley, Alan Sykes and Ian Morelly.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAxYmRlMTFjLTY3YzEtNGM5ZS1hMjg1LWM3ZWQ2YzcxMDZiZDpiNzZlNTNjMy02ZWIwLTRjMjItYTRlZC1kNDEyZjNiODEwODY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Dewsbury in 2002
Civic street wardens on patrol in Dewsbury town centre in December 20002. Pictured from left, are Graham Brierley, Alan Sykes and Ian Morelly. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
![Blood donor carer Lynn Monaghan takes a blood donation from Liz Balaam as colleagues Daniel Howarth, Kevin Golder, Michael Butters, Stephen Durrans and Michael Burrows from Jay-Be Ltd look on at Dewsbury Town Hal in December 2002.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQzZjg5ZGU2LWI3OWItNGMxYy1hOTlmLThhZDg1YzQ1YjUxMToxMWZhZWI1OS1lNTVlLTQ4OTUtODJmZi04M2FlN2FkMmM4NjA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Dewsbury 2002
Blood donor carer Lynn Monaghan takes a blood donation from Liz Balaam as colleagues Daniel Howarth, Kevin Golder, Michael Butters, Stephen Durrans and Michael Burrows from Jay-Be Ltd look on at Dewsbury Town Hal in December 2002. Photo: Tony Johnson
![Dewsbury artist Samantha Bryan with some of her work as it appears in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Christmas craft show.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUwYmQzNDkyLTE4MGYtNDNiYS1iZTVhLWFiYWI5ZTJjZTk4NTo4ZGM1M2FlMC1hYTcwLTQ2MjgtOGY4NC01ZjZjM2EwMjc5Zjg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Dewsbury 2002
Dewsbury artist Samantha Bryan with some of her work as it appears in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Christmas craft show. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![Social workers Habiban Zaman (left) and Chris Ellis at the Taleem Training and Community Centre in Savile Town in November 2002.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ2MjdmNTQ4LTUwOGMtNGI4MS1hY2Y4LWFmZWNjZGNmMmMxODoxYmI1NGVjZi00NzJmLTQ0YjgtOGFjMC01NDRkYTE4ZTg4M2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Dewsbury 2002
Social workers Habiban Zaman (left) and Chris Ellis at the Taleem Training and Community Centre in Savile Town in November 2002. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![Howden Clough High School pupil Burgette Matthews with her sculpture made from car parts. She is pictured in November 2002.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI4MjhhYWUzLWRmZDAtNDk5Mi04YmU5LWMzMzg0OTRkOTUzMDo2NDhmY2I1ZC1lNTE2LTRiY2QtODc5Ni0xNjVmZGYyMTA1M2E=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. Dewsbury 2002
Howden Clough High School pupil Burgette Matthews with her sculpture made from car parts. She is pictured in November 2002. Photo: Tony Johnson