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Oldham Council elections (20 P) Pages in category "Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The building was designed by John Whittaker Firth of Oldham, built in brick at a cost of £2,600 and was completed in 1880. [3] [4] In 1894, the local board of health was succeeded by Failsworth Urban District Council, which established its headquarters in the town hall.
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 ...
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 ...
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:
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]
The music department of the school has a variety of groups including two orchestras, swing and brass bands, and several choirs. The senior orchestra played at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the Schools Proms in 2005, [7] and the Senior Choir has sung in venues such as Manchester Cathedral, York Minster, and Liverpool Cathedral.
The proposed merger was first announced in May 2018. Anchor Trust then employed 9,269 people and Hanover Housing Association 753. [3] The combined operation provides 54,000 homes for older people across almost 1,700 sites, employs more than 10,000 people, and operates in more than 90% of local councils in England.