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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]
Central Park is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of Metrolink's expansion, and is located in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England. The station was constructed in 2005 but was unused until 2012. [1] [2]
South Chadderton is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 and is located between Drury Lane and Stanley Road in the Coalshaw Green area of southern Chadderton, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England. [2]
With only a small local population during medieval times, as a result of the introduction of industry, mass migration of village workers into Oldham occurred, [11] resulting in a population change from under 2,000 in 1714 [10] [75] to 12,000 in 1801 to 137,000 in 1901 [18] In 1851 its population of 52,820 made Oldham the 12th most populous town ...
Oldham was anciently a township in the large ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham. Prior to the 19th century the government of the town was divided between the parish vestry and the county magistrates of Lancashire. In 1826 the Oldham Police Act (7 Geo. IV, cap. 117) established a board of improvement commissioners. All landowners ...
Oldham Council has started liaising with survivors of child sex abuse in preparation for the inquiry, Shah said. Staff have also contacted Telford Council, whose own inquiry found evidence of ...
Skyline of Chadderton, looking towards Oldham in the distance. Following both the Local Government Act 1888 and Local Government Act 1894, local government in England had been administered via a national framework of rural districts, urban districts, municipal boroughs and county boroughs, which (apart from the latter which were independent) shared power with strategic county councils of the ...
After more than five years of planning, Clore Station has received approval to move forward with construction in Oldham County. New Norton Commons-style development could double this Kentucky city ...