Oldham Town Centre (Most deprived town in England) | 4K Walk
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- A walk through Oldham, I really felt a sense of community from this small town. Walking through the market (not filmed) it was full of locals shopping at the locally ran stalls, the butchers and greengrocers. Not a common sight nowadays with the chains taking over. It was nice to see.
Definitely not the prettiest or best kept town I've visited but it felt nice to be there, even just for a short trip.
Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England, it lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 237,110 in 2019.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, and with little early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and among the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England." At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world, producing more cotton than France and Germany combined. Oldham's textile industry fell into decline in the mid-20th century; the town's last mill closed in 1998.
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Local time: 10:45 am
Date: 19th March 2024
Temp: 13°C / 55°F
Distance: 0.7 miles / 1.1 km
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A trip from the top of town, down Yorkshire St. to Mumps ... Haven't walked that path for a long time ... I do remember Mumps bus station wall from the top deck of a bus as a young lad ... There was a poem chalked on the wall which I still remember to this day ...
Behind the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who were known
Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no-one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools
Home of the "Tubigrip" people it used to say on Mumps Bridge ... I am one of those people ... Does anyone remember the tower club?
That’s a great poem, thanks for sharing.
What year do you remember these from?
Oldham was one of the best places in 70s and 80s for shopping the good old days have gone along with the pub and free speech
Yeah the area has definitely had quite a steep decline over the last few decades
Sad to see towns like this where it used to be a bustling hub and now pretty run down
I guess once they lost the cotton industry it’s been hard to recover
Former mill towns are pretty much all in a bad way, nothing left to fill the void of manufacturing/textiles…been a slow and steady rot since the early 90’s
Yeah it’s a real shame. 100s of towns up and down the country from different industries
Hi was born in Chadderton 1951, think the rot started in mid sixties and seventies, myself and a friend was drinking in the Hunt lane tavern and decided to head for Australia in 1974,best move we ever did, sadly family all past away, except for older sister living in Middleton, stay safe
Australia definitely sounds like a good move! Hope you’re enjoying it over there
I have visited different parts of England mainly in the South and have not heard much positive things from Oldham.
I have been there many times visiting in laws around Greater Manchester area and in Oldham.
I’m from Helsinki Finland and I personally don’t think this look as bad as people say it does.
Oh nice, I’ve visited Finland once when I was a teenager. It’s on my list to visit again soon.
Oldham isn’t all bad, I’ve definitely seen worse towns in to UK
Looks good on a bright day - its grey & wet most times & even if its a sunny day its windy & cold .
That was actually the second time I tried to film there.
First time I parked up and it started raining! 🌧️
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Great people from Oldham, a bit rough around the edges but sound.
Yeah I felt a nice sense of community being there
The time must be before 11am the natives don’t get out of bed before then
It was 10:45am 😂
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Poor Oldham it looks depressed like the whole of the UK 😢
Yeah unfortunately more and more towns I visit are looking more empty and deprived
I live in Oldham it's the land of the living dead
You not like it then?
Looks like town planners of the past have done their worst. Glad to see St Mary’s, The Greaves Arms, Church Terrace escaped their clutches, and was that Barclay’s Bank at bottom of what was Lord Street still standing? Feel for the elderly in Oldham, lot’s of places to trip up on the beautification madness.
This was my first time there so I can’t compare to what it used to be like but down Hilton Arcade they show lots of pictures of how the town had changed over the years and I know it was a boom town
Barclays has now gone, building remains. Barclays have also vanished from Ashton and Rochdale too…
Trip into Manchester now😮
06:55 Did they literally stick a cinema on to the back of that old building?!
Yeah that’s what it looks like 🤷🏻♂️😂
That is a bit mad.
Yes they did it's the old town hall and old police station they have restaurant in the police but now
Must have been filmed on a Saturday quite a few people about lol
Surprisingly it was a Tuesday!
Don’t fort all that is coming down the new market is going inside where the the building work is taking place next to the cinema
Greater Manchester is no more. Too many rough areas no offence
All the old mill towns have Sadly ended up like this.
Yeah it’s a real shame. Because they’re all filled with such history
How much the rent is for one room a month for one guy there?
I would imagine they start from around £450/500 for a room
Tommyfeild market is now a dive full of Asian stalls a depressing place to visit
This was the only time I’ve visited.
I walked through the market after I’d finished and most stalls were closed
Dead as a door nail. Not like the early 90s
Yeah I can imagine it used to be a busting little town
you must of filmed early morning try filming at wk end , it's a shit hole now . Was once the best town for shopping and nightlife! R.I.P Oldham you have been destroyed 😢
It was 10:45am on a Tuesday. That was the only time I could make it. I will go back and film another video at a weekend soon.
Bolton can't be far behind
Bolton didn’t seem too bad when I visited recently.
Plus apparently they are redoing the whole town centre soon
shout out the homeskis lets go making it on another list (im from higgy shiggy)
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@@scenicrouteyt with a former oldski we love to the old ham cant wait for new ham might be less dark if ykwim
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It also looks like a Sunday go during the week or a Saturday
This was actually filmed on a Tuesday
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Shell of its former self
What a toilet.
Can’t expect too much from the most deprived town in the UK but I’ve also definitely seen worse!
Those donuts are amazing though to be fair so swings and roundabouts:
Almost makes it worth it 😂
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