You're invited to Nostalgic Oldham tomorrow for a day of timeless fun
Head into the town centre tomorrow from 11am as Nostalgic Oldham brings back beloved memories from the past.
Experience a variety of free activities and live performances, stroll through town and enjoy live musical performances, vintage hair styling, face painting, and crafts.
The Spindles Brick Show will showcase impressive Lego creations, while Market Place will host the popular Yellow Circus Bus.
Don't miss out on the Old Fashioned Sports Day, and visit The Fox and Pine, Billingtons, and The Bank Top Tavern for live music and good vibes.
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Join us for the second Spindles Brick Show
As part of Nostalgic Oldham, the Brick Show will bring LEGO model displays, competitions, crafts and face painting to the Spindles from 10am to 4pm tomorrow.
The Spindles Brick Bear will also be making appearances throughout the afternoon. |
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Oldham Council reveals exciting free Autumn and Winter Events Programme
We’re so excited to announce our brand-new programme packed with family favourites and exciting new events to bring the community together and support local businesses.
As well as tomorrow's Nostalgic Oldham, we will have the half-term Halloween Trail from Saturday 26 October to Sunday 3 November.
The Oldham Halloween Half Marathon takes place on Sunday 27 October and a Family Firework Evening will be held on Tuesday 5 November with a dazzling fireworks display at 6pm in the heart of town.
Then join us for a day of festive fun at our Christmas Lights Switch-On on Saturday 16 November.
Read more by visiting our website here.
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Your help is needed to clean up West End Street Pitches
A community clean-up of the pitches is being held as part of our Don’t Trash Oldham campaign on Saturday 5 October.
Help is needed to pick up litter, fly-tipping and helping clear away overgrown vegetation, so if you can spare some time we'd love to see you there.
All equipment will be provided, you just need to wear suitable clothing.
The clean-up starts at 9:30am and the pitches are located in Coldhurst, OL9 6DY. If you can’t come along on the day but would like to know how you can help clean up your community visit www.oldham.gov.uk/DontTrashOldham |
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Oldham Council launches seventh Family Hub to help give children the best start in life
Children, parents and carers enjoyed free fun activities at the vibrant new Alexandra Family Hub.
Alexandra is one of seven Family Hubs to have opened since last summer to deliver a wide range of support and activities for families as part of a £3.6 million programme.
The new hub has seen the former Alexandra Children's Centre on Wildmoor Avenue revamped with former office space transformed into vibrant play spaces.
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Car park changes
As work to transform Oldham town centre continues, we’re having to make a couple of changes to some of our council-owned car parks.
The old sports centre car park (off Rock Street) will permanently close from today (Friday 27 September) so works can take place to enable the future development of the land as a site for new town centre homes.
We are also closing a section of the Bradshaw Street car park (behind Summit Up climbing centre) so it can be used as a site compound for the ongoing works taking place to improve streets and public areas around the town centre – including the new garden near Oldham Parish Church and the ongoing works at the former Snipe Inn.
There will still be over 55 parking spaces including five disabled bays at Bradshaw Street.
To separate car park users from site traffic, we will create a new entrance, slightly further down from the existing entrance.
Unfortunately, this means we will have to remove a tree, however we will ensure three more are planted in its place as we landscape new areas of the town centre.
Remedial work started this week and the compound is expected to be fully in place from Monday 7 October.
We’re working hard to regenerate the town centre and apologise for any inconvenience.
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Looking for gift ideas? Treat that special someone to an Oldham gift card
The Oldham Gift Card gives your loved-ones the freedom to choose from Oldham's many independent and high street stores, locking spending in the town.
More than 45 shops, restaurants, salons and cafes accept the card.
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Oldham Open – come and see great artwork from local artists
The ever-popular Oldham Open art exhibition has opened at Gallery Oldham and runs until November 23.
As usual, all the art on display will be the work of Oldham residents. There are hundreds of exhibits ranging from drawings, paintings and photographs through to ceramics, sculptures and textiles and some of the work is also for sale.
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Grants available to make a difference to your community
Groundwork, in partnership with Postcode Lottery Trust, Postcode Places Trust, and Postcode Society Trust, is offering grants of between £500 to £2,000 to charities, community interest companies (CICs), and voluntary and community groups.
Grants are available to those with an annual income of less than £60,000 working to make a positive difference in their local communities and the deadline for applications is Monday.
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New eVisa is replacing immigration documents - find out more and apply now
The UK Government is replacing physical immigration documents with a digital proof of immigration status called an eVisa. They cannot be lost, stolen or tampered with.
More information and details of how to do this are available on the government website at www.gov.uk/evisa
If you know of anyone who may need support with this, please signpost them to the government’s help service Migrant Help via [email protected] or by calling 07483 170100. |
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Don't miss out on applying for your child's school place
Secondary school applications for September 2025 are now open, and the deadline to apply is 5pm on Thursday October 31 2024.
Primary school applications for next year are also open.
The deadline to secure your child's future reception place is 5pm on 15 January 2025.
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