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The council styles itself Oldham Council rather than its full formal name of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
The facility had its own Cold War nuclear bunker built to protect senior councillors, council officers, police officers, engineers, doctors and communications experts in the event of a nuclear attack. [7] [8] The tower in the facility, which now forms the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, is 175 feet (53 metres) high. [9]
Oldham council's coat of arms, seen here at the Civic Centre. Following the 1974 reorganisation, a new coat of arms was granted to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, based closely on that of the predecessor Oldham County Borough Council. Like the county borough's arms, which dated from 1894, the new coat is derived from the arms of the Oldham ...
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Oldham and inspected a guard of honour outside the town hall in October 1954. [5] The town hall became the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in 1974 but, after the council moved to Oldham Civic Centre in 1977, the building stood empty for many years. [6]
Oldham Mayor Zahid Chauhan called for an adjournment to Wednesday evening's meeting but the conflict did not end there. A riot van and police cars were pictured outside the council building.
This category contains articles which have information on buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
The Coat of Arms of the Oldham County Borough Council, as found at Oldham Police Station. The station predates the merging of Oldham Borough Police into Lancashire Constabulary in 1969, and thus still displays the redundant arms. Prior to 1894, the town council made use of the arms of the Oldham family. The arms were blazoned as:
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