Oldham

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Oldham
Aerial view of center Oldham
Aerial view of center Oldham
Coordinates 53 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 7 ′  W
Oldham (England)
Oldham
Oldham
Residents 103,544 (as of 2001 Census )
surface 67.1 km² (25.91  mi² )
Population density: 1543 inhabitants per km²
administration
Post town OLDHAM
ZIP code section OL1-OL2, OL4, OL8-OL9
prefix 0161
Part of the country England
region North West England
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Metropolitan Borough Oldham
British Parliament * Oldham East and Saddleworth
* Oldham West and Royton

Oldham is a city in north-west England on the north-eastern edge of the agglomeration of Greater Manchester . Historically, the city is part of the county of Lancashire . It has belonged to the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham of the same name since 1974 and has 103,544 inhabitants (as of 2001). The town is documented as a settlement around a mill.

history

The references to the settlement go back to the 11th century. The city's prosperity was only established with the industrial revolution and cotton processing in particular. At the end of the 19th century, Oldham was the center of the textile industry and the most important place in the world for cotton processing, as well as a center of mining. Cotton processing began to decline in the middle of the 20th century and the last production facility was closed in 1998. This structural change brought economic and social problems for the city with it.

In 1900 Winston Churchill won a seat for Oldham in the House of Commons. He was able to hold this seat until 1904.

The first test tube baby , Louise Joy Brown , was born at Oldham General Hospital on July 25, 1978.

In 2001, Oldham hit the headlines for racially motivated unrest between youth supporters of the British National Party and British youth of Asian origin.

Culture

The renowned Oldham Coliseum Theater is located in the city . At the same time, Oldham was the birthplace of the composer William Walton .

music

Artists and bands that have come or came from Oldham include Inspiral Carpets , Barclay James Harvest , N-Trance , Mark Owen, and organist and conductor Wayne Marshall .

Sports

traffic

Oldham is a bit off the M62 motorway, but has its own motorway slip road (M66).

Until 2009 Oldham was connected to the national rail network of Great Britain (the last operator was Northern Rail ). The former Oldham Loop Line was then rebuilt and reopened in 2012 as the Manchester Metrolink tram route to Rochdale . In 2014, a street-level section was built in downtown Oldham.

Town twinning

Oldham maintains partnerships with the cities of Kranj in Slovenia, Geesthacht in Schleswig-Holstein and Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Oldham  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Bagguley, Yasmin Hussain: Riotous Citizens Ethnic Conflict in Multicultural Britain . Ashgate Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7546-4627-3 .
  2. ↑ Roger Boyes: Race Unrest in England: In the Rhythm of Violence. Why racial conflicts break out in the forgotten cities of England. Der Tagesspiegel, May 28, 2001, accessed on August 17, 2010 .
  3. ^ Thomas Kielinger: Race riots and street battles divide Great Britain. Welt Online, May 28, 2001, accessed August 17, 2010 .
  4. ^ Future Metrolink. April 18, 2011, accessed July 8, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Metrolink trams line to Oldham reopens after 60 years. In: BBC News Manchester. June 13, 2012, accessed July 8, 2012 .