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The unveiling of the Ascroft Statue took place on Saturday, June 20 1903. A line of carriages set off from Oldham Town Hall, along with bands, soldiers and hundreds of workmen. At the unveiling Churchill talked about how it had been Ascroft who had first invited him to Oldham, in the smoking room of the House of Commons. In the evening, after the unveiling, there was a grand banquet in the committee room at the Town Hall.

15:03 wow! That’s a long holiday. A month.

10:30 was that a positive or negative tangent re Winston Churchill??

Howdy Sarah x you are a poet and you do not no it x i remember it as boundary park hospital, coz I was supposed to be born there, but do to circumstances Ended up being born in our back bedroom at moorehey st , by a midwife who was in a rush coz she had a date the evening, as it was a Friday ,anyway I was a Obliging baby and popped out at teatime x take care Sarah and keep warm ❌

Hi Sarah how are u doing

Hi Sarah you mentioned Boundary Park hospital. One of my ancestors death certificate says Oldham and district hospital. Wondering if the name was changed to Boundary Park. The other one that got pulled down yonks ago was Oldham Royal infirmary . Ps looking forward to seeing your new room x

Hi Sarah sorry been missing I am obsessed with politics so keep watching them. I look forward to seeing your living room, .👍💐💐

Turn a light on 😂

Thought you were going to tell me you had got married to a multimillonaire bummer.😱😂😂

Hey Sarah nice walk in Oldham xx

Great tour Sarah, brings back loads memories of when I was there

My grandad is buried here, i got the opportunity to visit a few years back. Being in New Zealand all my life it was great to see loads of relatives in Barnsley and see my grandad's grave.

Perhaps he was getting cold feet.😂

As a 8 year old, me and my friends used to play around St Paul's church. and the house was lived in by a Doctor from what I remember. I left Royton for Australia back in 1990. I used to live on Albert Street just around the corner.

Nice chippy. Good pictures, I like they made them into murals for the walls. That high point hotel always reminded me of Dracula’s castle or the house on the hill horror film.

Wasn’t the pub The Duke of Wellington or “the wellie”? I could be wrong but great videos Sarah♥️

Yep!! You should let them cool down.😅

I was trading USDT with a friend but we fell out because of something. She gave me an OKX wallet code <pride>-<pole>-<obtain>-<together>-<second>-<when>-<future>-<mask>-<review>-<nature>-<potato>-<bulb> and asked me to withdraw the remaining USDT. What is this? How do I do this? Please tell me

Ya coming to Royton then my house? X

I think you may have a point about modern buildings. When I go past Hill Stores I always think that the century-old Co-op Building will be around longer than the more recent Tesco nearby. GR on a pillar box means George V - King Charles's granddad. He didn't bother with a number because he thought, with his eldest son called Edward, that there wouldn't be another King George for a while. Edward VII ones are more rare, but there is one in St Michael's Square, Ashton. Loved the trip through Derker. xx

Those broad arrow marks are indeed OS benchmarks but you are spot on about the water board using them as well. They used to mark where service pipes entered buildings or passed under walls.

The marks on the wall are called bench marks, you can find them on lots of old buildings like banks , town halls etc. Loads of them in oldham. They were used for height elevation records .

You just popped up on my feed and was amazed to see oldham town centre again, havnt been there for years. I used to live in shaw years ago and used to shop in Oldham. It's a shame the market is looking a bit empty nowadays. Anyway, your channel looks fantastic keep up the good work.

Hi Sarah any chance you can do a history blog on royton my wife's sister lived on high barn St.but moved to Adelaide 30 years ago.fingers crossed, and thanks bob.

i could listen to you for hours and hours, you're from where i'm from, you think like i think, and you talk like i talk, i moved away 25yrs ago and i miss the people not so much the place, i was brought up in Lees. you are a proper Oldhamer and your mind is like a sparkler, going off in all directions at the same time, lol, just keep doing what you're doing, it's great to see all the places i used to hang around in. and you are a born communicator,

Fun and quality video, as always... another cat disapeared, we don't know what is going on, my kitty never came back... it happened to 3 neighbours in 5 months ...we dropped warnings in letterboxes not to let their cats outside....

Also- I love those "Witches"-you bought Ha !-Ha!-HA!--I love them,-they'll look great at your place !!

Thanks for the Tour Sarah-that scenery was so magical & serene--and those fantastic statues-!!--WoW !!-wish that place was near me !!-& those wonderful trees--& atmosphere--I could feel those witches,presence,-through time,--they are not going away,-any time soon !!-they are real.--

I'm Having a "Fry--Up"-exactly like yours in the morning-but with "H.P"sauce because I cant get "Daddies"-All on toast !!--can you still get "Hollands-meat-puddings"--I'm an Aussie that used to live in Royton in the 70's I was "engaged "to a girl from Milnrow-her Dad owned the Pub there,-(didn't work out)--I miss Northern "Tucker"-I live in Tassie now,-& you can't even get decent "fish & chips"here-out of a bloody packet !!---at our Chippy in Royton used to get="Fish & Chips/hollands-puidding/with Curry Sauce-!!-loved it-across road from the "Junction"-Pub"-Sarah the Northern Folk were so good to me-& we never stopped laughing-I drove a van for the Old.-Hosp-& it was like being in a "Carry on movie"-I had a sore guts from laughing so much !!-I have a Sister in Newhey-& we keep in touch-Love your show because you are so Dedicated to the Towns & Cemo's,-& the history,-you do your best,-but you can't do it all--you are so "Fair-Dinkum"-in your cause-&- some times you must think "am I on my own out there"??

Just found this when mooching, I used to work as a funeral director in Oldham for 17 years. This brings back so many memories. Used to know Oldham like the back of my hand. Subscribed 👍🏻

Classic chips, egg and beans. 👍😊 I still cook proper chips in lard, none of that nonsense of frozen or air frying lark for me 😂

So many beautiful buildings and homes have been destroyed since the 60's in Oldham by successive governments and councils and what they have replaced it with is appalling. I remember as a kid visiting Oldham many times as my parents both were born there and it seemed to be constant demolition for over 20 years. The fact you had to point out a cobbled alley shows how unusual they have become and they used to be literally everywhere. I remember the milkman used to deliver with a horse and cart and now we dont even get milk delivered any more! Another splendid video Sarah, thank you so much for sharing x

I don’t remember much about Derker, but my step dad grew up around that area, we lived the other side of Oldham, down Limeside way…. :)

Not being picky, you finished up in Watersheddings and not Waterhead, although, on a 19th-century map, it was called Lower Barrowshaw. Bryan Street used to be a dirt path from the bottom of Longfield Street to Lowermoor Lane, on the right-hand side as you were walking up Bryan my Uncle who was a Carter used to have a pen where he kept his horse and cart. If you had continued up Longfield you would have come to what was the Oldham Rugby League ground and Dog Racing Track. Also, you would have walked past where I was born in 1946.

Great video. Love your videos. You have a great personality. You're like a female version of me ... I mean by the way you talk about old buildings etc. 😂 All the best from Tony (80s child 😂) from Oldham 😊👍

Jesus that place has change a lot I remember playing on Oldham edge when the army used it for tank training so much has gone .

The last mark you pointed to is a benchmark, which indicates the height above sea level on an ordinance survey map.

Hey Sarah great from Bradford nice

Wow !!-great tour Sarah !--I was last a Bradford,-50 yrs ago,--& they had some beautiful buildings then,I thought they would gone now,-But they still have some absolutely,stunning old "classic"-buildings there & good on them !!-I hope the save what they have left.--eventually,-you will go to Oldham,-in your lifetime,--& there will be absolutely, nothing left-just the sound of a bull-dozer,-crunching over rubble,--& broken sewer pipes,-ocassional old pub sign,will float to the surface,-war memorial-crunched-pop music-drift from demolished candlelight-&everythig great=crunched,-under that Council-owned.-Bull-dozer-& a huge sign saying-"Worlds-Biggest-Carpark--coming-soon"--

Aww I watched billy the lyre like that film . Think one thing I know about Bradford is that famous playwright Andrea Dunbar

Bradford looks good need to put it on my to visit list for next year

Sarah have you thought of doing a team up with Riaz from Bradford through the lens? apologies if you alreday have done.

Fabulous buildings! Imagine, we will never build the like again!

Nice walk seen more life in a cemetery .🐁🐺🐰

Hi Sarah x I love a good old gothic building , have you ever been to Prague, there’s a few very gothic castles to snoop round ,plus the oldest clock in the world . And a better class of pigeons that don’t shit on your head , lol 🤣

Just watched it again Sarah. If I have a favourite vid of yours this is it. You might say you look like an "house end" but you were a beautiful woman then, before then and always will be. Pure Sarah's UK Graveyard magic. xxx👍

It's a shame them years have gone 😢

Not a massive price. £150 should be the cheapest.

I want to go in the tunnel.

Make-sure the blokes "licenced"-& get a couple of quotes--That chandalier,-will have to have good-fixing to the Ceiling-Joists-&-a-Safety-chain-if its got weight--its ok to pay a lot of doe,if its done right !!-you don't want it to fall on your Mother-while sheswatching "coronation-street !!--(& no "peel-&-stick-hooks !!)