Regardless of population sweeling and diminishing student-teacher ratios, which have led to a slight decline as of late, Oldham county is still widely recognized as the best public school system in the state.

On both sides of Nolensville Road from north of Oldham Drive to the south as far as York / Williams Road are many structures from the 19th century still in use as homes and / or stores.

By 1905 relatively few Unionist MPs were still free traders ( the young Winston Churchill crossed over to the Liberals in 1904 when threatened with deselection at Oldham ), but Balfour's long balancing act had drained his authority within the government.

Placenames of Celtic origin are still to be found in Oldham, Werneth derives from a Celtic personal name identical to the Gaulish vernetum and Glodwick may be related to the modern Welsh clawdd, meaning " dyke " or " ditch ".

Walford and McMahan began performing music together at an early age, forming Languid and Flaccid with Ned Oldham ( later of The Anomoanoan ) while still in middle school.

But Robson was still able to make enough appearances for another Premiership champions medal in 1993 – 94, and scored one of their four goals in the FA Cup semi-final replay victory over Oldham at Maine Road.

The 18th century saw Oldham Road ( A62 ) turnpiked and a toll bar installed at Lambs Lane ; this road still forms the main artery through the district.

Nevertheless the MS & LR was still able to work with its aggressive neighbour, as with the construction of the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway which was leased jointly with the LNWR in 1862.

This suggests that he pronounced his name, as the local accent in Oldham still tends to do, as ' Owdem '.

Despite reaching four more semi-finals during the 1980s & 1990s Oldham still remain, one of the most famous names never to grace the Wembley turf.

On 5 September 2008, Simon Blitz told podcast World Soccer Daily that although Oldham still planned to continue the development of Boundary Park and surrounding areas, the plans were on hold for now because of the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010 and the subsequent downturn in the UK property market.

Goram joined Oldham Athletic as a teenager and spent seven years with the English club, winning his first Scotland caps and selection for the 1986 World Cup.

Currently the population of Oldham County is rapidly expanding as adjacent urban Jefferson County is running out of space for new suburban-style development.

In 1902, the Matador Ranch acquired the Alamositas Ranch in Oldham County.

Foreseeing the growth in demand for coal as a source of motive and steam power, they acquired colliery rights for Oldham, which by 1771 had 14 colliers.

On 1 January 1972, SELNEC PTE acquired from the National Bus Company subsidiary North Western Road Car buses, services and depots in Altrincham, Glossop, Oldham, Stockport and Urmston.

Seddon Atkinson Vehicles Limited, a manufacturer of large goods vehicles based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, was formed in mid 1970 when Atkinson Vehicles Limited of Preston was acquired by Seddon Diesel Vehicles Limited of Oldham.

Andrew Loog Oldham, the former producer and manager of The Rolling Stones, commented on how Led Zeppelin had a major influence on the record business, and the way rock concerts were managed and presented to huge audiences.

Oldham County's efforts to build a large business park on nearly of vacant land could have a significant, positive impact on the community, according to an economic analysis conducted by University of Louisville economist Paul Coomes.

Until a permanent courthouse was built, county business was conducted in Vega's Oldham Hotel.

The boost in income provided by the German executions allowed Pierrepoint to leave the grocery business, and he and Anne took over a pub on Manchester Road, Hollinwood, between Oldham and Failsworth, named Help the Poor Struggler.

Oldham had previously been business partners with Peter Meaden, first manager of The Who, but they had fallen out.

His bookselling business in Oldham Street was successful and continued for many years.

Peter was business partner to Andrew Oldham, who was for a while the Rolling Stones manager.

They relocated the business to larger premises on Lostock Street, near Oldham Road in Collyhurst, and the combined talents of the three men meant further expansion, both in Manchester and in other cities.

Consequently a partnership of necessity between Oldham and veteran booking agent Eric Easton was formed when Oldham's mother signed on behalf of her son.

Daldry returned to re-direct the production and casting includes Nicholas Woodeson returning to the role of Inspector Goole ( he previously took over that role from Kenneth Cranham during the same production's Broadway run in 1994 ) and David Roper as Arthur Birling, Sandra Duncan as Sybil Birling, Marianne Oldham as Sheila Birling, Robin Whiting as Eric Birling, Timothy Watson as Gerald Croft and Diana Payne Myers as Edna.

The album features 11 brand new recordings, including guest vocal contributions by Ben Gibbard, Will Oldham, and Eric Pollard.

Eric Easton is possibly involved, Andrew Loog Oldham produced the opening track " Bye Bye Johnny ".

While Eric Easton was co-credited as producer alongside Andrew Loog Oldham on The Rolling Stones ' debut album, Oldham takes full production duties for The Rolling Stones No, 2, which was recorded sporadically in the UK and US during 1964.

Oldham and Easton negotiated with Decca Records-which had regretted and were embarrassed by passing on the Beatles-an advantageous recording / production contract for the Rolling Stones, in which they got three times the typical royalty rate for a new act, full artistic control of recordings, and ownership of the recording masters.

Andrew Loog Oldham took it upon himself to rename The Little People Apostolic Intervention, and dubbed the Emerson, Jackson, Davison, O ' List group " The Nice ".

Graeme Sharp took over as Oldham's player-manager on the departure of Joe Royle in November 1994, but he was unable to mount a promotion challenge and the pressure continued to build up a year later when Oldham narrowly avoided relegation.

Although he then took what seemed to many to be a strange decision, moving back to Oldham in a brave but failed attempt to save them from relegation in 1923, he remains the only Oldham Athletic manager ever to have won the Football League Championship with any club.

Oldham took a lead role in Old Joy, which was featured at SXSW XX and opened at New York's Film Forum on September 20, 2006.

In spite of the fact that Hall was a staunch Oldham Athletic fan, during the 1957 / 58 English football season, Hall took Lenny to The Den which was then the home of Millwall Football Club and allowed Lenny to pose with his " Fellow Lions " for publicity shots, much to the delight of all present in the ground.

In his first full season in charge, he took the club to promotion, when they finished as runner-up to Oldham Athletic in 1990 – 91.

* Rochdale and Bury were originally planned to form a single district ( dubbed " Botchdale " by local MP Michael Fidler ) Rochdale took Middleton from Oldham in compensation.

After that album's release on 10 December, a final overdubbing session for Buttons was held at Olympic Studio on 13 December 1966 before Oldham took the tapes back to RCA Studios in Hollywood for final mixing and editing.

In September 2004, he took a break from his A-level studies at The Blue Coat School, Oldham to compete in the thirteenth Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International.

Peter Tunks took over as captain-coach role with Oldham.

Mike Ford retired as player-coach of Oldham in 2001 and in January the following year took up a post as defensive co-ordinator with the Irish Rugby Football Union.

Steve Molloy took charge of the Roughyeds after former boss John Harbin left to join Oldham Athletic as fitness conditioner and sports psychologist in July 2002.

On Friday 4 May 2007, Oldham took part in the first ever National League 2 match broadcast live on British television, on Sky Sports.

took over the ground and changed their name to Oldham Athletic.

Another loan took him to Bristol City, where he scored one goal against Oldham in three appearances.

During this time she took part in amateur theatre until Carl Paulson, who ran Oldham Rep, asked her to appear in The Boyfriend, which was her professional stage debut.

Walker got his second League Cup winner's medal when Forest retained the trophy in 1990 with victory over Oldham Athletic and, despite a disappointing League season for Forest, Walker was a certain name on the list of 22 players whom Robson took to the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups.

The radio station was previously owned by the Oldham Evening Chronicle and UKRD ( both were 50 % shareholders ), and takes its name from the Industrial Revolution, in which the region took a major role, and the initial letters of its three main target areas – Revolution.

Talbot succeeded in keeping Oldham in Division Two in 2004, then the following season he took them into the 3rd round of the FA Cup where the Latics beat local rivals Manchester City 1-0 thanks to a goal from Scott Vernon.

When Bishop Oldham started the school in 1886, he also took in some students as boarders.