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Dist:0.2km<br/>The procession on Retford Street, Glodwick.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.2km<br/>A view down Fenton Street, in the Glodwick area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
©Steven Haslington
Dist:0.2km<br/>A row of terraced houses which are very familiar with this area of Oldham. Mohammed Ansar of Glodwick's Pakistani community centre says that even after the troubles of 2001, they still do not have the resources to deal with the deprivation in the area click on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5014448.stm
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Shop not open all hours!http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5014448.stm
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is typical of access to the rear of houses in this area
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Scene of the race riots in 2001 and today the town still remains divided according to a Home Office report see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5014764.stm
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.2km<br/>This church stands on the hill above Oldham at Glodwick. The notice board now displays no legend, and the church appears little-used. The local community is now predominantly Moslem, but their mosque stands tucked away behind this church in a side street.
©Roger May
Dist:0.3km<br/>The church is St Mark's
©Ian S
Dist:0.3km<br/>Now derelict following the part it played as the epicentre of the Oldham race riots of 2001. Situated on the corner of Glodwick Road and Gartside Street.
©michael ely
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©Ian S
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©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Roundthorn Balti House is on Roundthorn Road almost opposite the junction with Cranbrook Street. Glodwick has a high Asian population.
©michael ely
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking from the Oldham bypass, railway land is fast being reclaimed by light industrial uses. The former parcels collection depot site featured ELS' furniture store by 1989.
©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.4km<br/>Job creation schemes are not only a modern phenomenon; Oldham’s Alexandra Park is an example of such a scheme from the mid nineteenth century. The American Civil War had prevented the export of raw cotton from America and created “The Lancashire Cotton Famine” or “Cotton Panic” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine ) of 1861–1865 causing chronic unemployment in the Lancashire textile towns such as Oldham. The town council was offered a loan by the government of the day to purchase the Swine Clough Estate on condition that unemployed cotton workers were employed to carry out the work. Work began in 1863 and the park was officially opened in August, 1865; an event commemorated by a blue plaque ([[[2657498]]] ) on the wall of the North Lodge. Somewhat ironically, the American Civil War had ended earlier that year and cotton was once more being supplied to the Lancashire mills. The park was given its name in honour of Princess Alexandra who had recently married Albert, Prince of Wales. Although the “Cotton Famine Park” became somewhat run down in the latter half of the twentieth century, it has now been restored to its former glory with significant investment backed by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and was reopened in 2004 with refurbishment bringing a return to the near-original landscape as envisaged in 1863. Alexandra Park is a Grade Two site of national importance on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. There is an excellent website (http://www.alexandra-park.com/ ) which provides a history of Alexandra Park in postcards and photographs showing comparisons between its current appearance and views from the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries. Some other links are given below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine - The Cotton Famine (Wikipedia) http://www.oldham.gov.uk/community/greenspaces/alexandra_park.htm Alexandra Park (Oldham Council) http://www.flickr.com/groups/oldhamcountryside/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/oldhamcountryside/ (Flickr group)
©David Dixon

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