Oldham
Oldham is a town in the North West of England. It is to the north-east of Manchester. It is part of Greater Manchester. Oldham was part of Lancashire until 1 April 1974.
There were riots in Oldham in May 2001. It is the centre of the Borough of Oldham.
Oldham Council achieved dubious notoriety in 2009 when in ran up a bill of £8 million carrying out a failed prosecution of kitchen tycoon Vance Miller. The Judge threw out the case and lambasted the council for the frivolity of the prosecution.
The town has an association football team, called Oldham Athletic. It also has a cricket club, called Oldham Cricket Club.
The composer, William Walton was born in Oldham.
The first test tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in Oldham General Hospital on 25 July 1978.
Schools
Oldham Media
Oldham from Glodwick by James Howe Carse (1831), depicts the early skyline and industrial activities of Oldham. All the green space has since been urbanised.
Royd mill, built in 1907, and seen here in 1983, was one of the more than 360 textile mills that operated night and day during Oldham's peak.
Workmen leaving Platt's Works, Oldham, 1900
The coat of arms of the former County Borough of Oldham council, granted 7 November 1894, based upon those of an ancient local family surnamed Oldham. The owls suggest that the family, like the town, called itself 'Owdham', and adopted the birds in allusion to its name. The motto "Sapere aude" ("Dare to be wise") refers to the owls.[1]
Official portrait of Jim McMahon crop 2
Official portrait of Debbie Abrahams MP crop 2, 2024
A map of Oldham, and surrounding area
Oldham's irregularly constructed built environment is characterised by its red-brick cotton mills and surrounding terraced houses.
A panorama of Oldham looking from Hartshead Pike toward the north-west. 
Fredrick Street, in Werneth. Much of Oldham's housing stock is two-up-two-down rows of terraced houses, a reminder of its mill town history.
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