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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]
The name Sholver is of Old Norse derivation, and the locality, anciently, was a hamlet, independent of Oldham. Top Sholver is the site of a large council estate built in the 1960s. [1] Bottom Sholver consists of higher-value suburban semi-detached housing, built in the 1990s, although it still contains a very small number of council houses.
The Manor Inn, built by the Oldham Brewery in 1936–7, occupies a part of its site. The housing of the Abbey Hills Estate was built to a lower standard than earlier Council housing, add to which it was unpopular due to its isolated location. Families left and the estate became run–down and neglected.
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Police officers turned up to a council meeting after an "explosive" argument between councillors of different political groups and the public. The Oldham Council meeting was adjourned after a ...
Since 2011 Oldham is one of the ten member authorities of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) which is a top tier local authority with responsibility for Transport, Health, Housing and Economic matters. [citation needed] The membership of the Combined Authority is drawn from the Leaders or Executive Mayors of each of the ten councils.
In the 1870s the board decided to commission dedicated offices for their meetings. The site they selected was open land on the southeast side of Oldham Road with the Rochdale Canal at the back. [2] 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]
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]