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This is a list of people from Oldham, in North West England. The demonym of Oldham is Oldhamer ; however, this list may include people from Chadderton , Failsworth , Lees , Royton , Saddleworth , and Shaw and Crompton , all from the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham .
Failsworth Town Hall, also known as Failsworth and Hollinwood District Town Hall, is a former municipal building on Oldham Road, Failsworth, a town in Greater Manchester in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Failsworth Urban District Council, now accommodates a library, a lifelong learning centre, the ...
Limeside is a large housing estate in Oldham, Lancashire, England, 2 miles south of the town centre in the Hollinwood ward, contiguous with Failsworth, Hollins and Garden Suburb. Daisy Nook countryside park lies to the south. Whitebank Stadium, home of Oldham R.L.F.C. and North West Counties League football club Avro F.C., is in Limeside. [1]
Sydney Dodd (1874–1926) — British veterinary surgeon who was the first lecturer in veterinary bacteriology at the University of Sydney; Peter C. Doherty (born 1940) — Australian veterinary surgeon and researcher joint recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Mick Doyle (1941–2004) — Irish rugby player
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Hollinwood is an area and electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 10,920. [2] Bisected by the A62 road, Hollinwood is southwest of Oldham, contiguous with the towns of Chadderton and Failsworth, at Junction 22 of the M60 motorway. [3]
Today, Brierley is remembered in a 2006 bronze statue by Denise Dutton outside the public library, near his birthplace in the Rocks area of Failsworth. A local pub, the Ben Brierley at Moston, was named after him, but has long since closed. The building now houses the Ben Brierley Legal Advice Resource Centre. [3]
Actors from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (1 C, 4 P) Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (1 C, 42 P) C. ... People from Failsworth (24 P) L.