County Borough of Oldham, Lancashire : Official Handbook : E. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd : Cheltenham : nd [1952] : Council Housing - Derker and Fitton Hill
Like many other British local government authorities the County Borough of Oldham had turned to the specialist publisher Burrow's of Cheltenham to compile the town's Official Handbook. The book, a slightly thin volume in comparison with others, can be dated by the figures for the rateable value accrued to the town's Sewage undertaking.
One of the council's most pressing needs, especially in the post-WW2 period, was the issue of housing and especially the condition of the many houses thrown up during the Industrial Revolution; Oldham was one of the children of the growth of the Cotton Industry during the 19th Century and this left behind a legacy of slum dwellings in insanitary conditions. Like many other councils the construction of council or social housing was begun in the inter-war period with both 'greenfield' sites as well as clearance and reconstruction of some inner town areas. In the late '40s and 1950s this need for new housing increased and Oldham constructed several new estates on sites towards the edge of the existing build up area - an issue that, even in a relatively small borough such as Oldham, often led to such estates feeling isolated from existing social networks, shopping and employment. Here we see houses at Oban Avenue in Derker and Wildbrook Crescent in Fitton Hill. I bet the photographer was not impressed with that dog in Fitton Hill even if it did stand still.
It contains the usual mix of details about the civic administration of the borough, its businesses and amenities. The front cover is the tried and tested use of the County Borough's coat of arms resplendent with its four owls.
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden - Canal at Greenfield
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden - Greenfield station
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden Uppermill Viaduct
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden - Entrance to Standedge Canal Tunnel
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden - Horse path over the moors
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden - Marsden Moor
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden -Looking over Marsden
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A Walk from Greenfield to Marsden- Bird on the rocks
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