The coupler is named for John Oldham who invented it in Ireland, in 1821, to solve a paddle placement problem in a paddle steamer design.

This name was suggested to him by a friend, Andrew Loog Oldham, who had seen a poster for the film John Paul Jones in France.

* In the John Sayles film Matewan, Will Oldham plays a young minister boy who preaches the story of Potiphar to his small town.

Their patronage underpinned the careers of a number of young Lancashire men, including William Smyth, Hugh Oldham, and Christopher Urswick, who went on to become pillars of the Tudor church and state.

These 130-year-old buildings remain intact, but they are scheduled to be demolished for a road expansion: " While some have said the 1 Stop and the shuttered Sahuarita Bar on the north side of Sahuarita Road were long-time fixtures that might deserve historic recognition, the longest-serving council member, Charles Oldham, and the council member who lives closest, Marty Moreno, both said the convenience store should make way for badly needed road improvements.

These 130-year-old buildings remain intact, but they are scheduled to be demolished for a road expansion: " While some have said the 1 Stop and the shuttered Sahuarita Bar on the north side of Sahuarita Road were long-time fixtures that might deserve historic recognition, the longest-serving council member, Charles Oldham, and the council member who lives closest, Marty Moreno, both said the convenience store should make way for badly needed road improvements.

Richard Dixon Oldham FRS ( 31 July 1858 – 15 July 1936 ) was a British geologist who made the first clear identification of the separate arrivals of P-waves, S-waves and surface waves on seismograms and the first clear evidence that the Earth has a central core.

In early 1964 she attended a Rolling Stones launch party with John Dunbar and met Andrew Loog Oldham, who discovered her.

The band was formed in October 1967 by Andrew Loog Oldham with soul singer P. P. Arnold, a performer who reached a higher level of popularity in the UK than her native US.

Oldham was the brother-in-law of James Philip Eagle ( 1837-1904 ), governor of Arkansas 1889-1893, who married Oldham's sister Mary Kavanaugh Oldham in 1882.

Originally he intended it as an Oxford house for the monks of St Swithin's, Winchester ; but he is said to have been dissuaded by Bishop Oldham, who foretold the fall of the monks.

Oldham, still a teenager, rapidly acquired a seasoned business partner ( Eric Easton ) and took over management of the Stones who had been informally represented by Giorgio Gomelsky.

Oldham signed recording rights to the Stones to Decca targeting A & R head Dick Rowe, who had earlier declined to sign The Beatles.

As his success increased, Oldham thrived on a reputation as a garrulous, androgynous gangster who wore makeup and shades and relied on his bodyguard " Reg " to threaten rivals.

Michael Hugh Meacher ( born 4 November 1939 ) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Oldham West and Royton since 1997.

Gulati is the daughter of a doctor who arrived in Oldham from India in the 1960s.

Vera Baird was born in Chadderton near Oldham, Lancashire, the daughter of Jack Thomas, a maintenance painter in a cotton mill, who died when she was 10-years-old, and Alice Marsland, a print worker.

In the aftermath of the expulsion of Lyford and Oldham, others who were disaffected left as well.

The BNP announced on 2 December 2010 its intention to launch a court action to have the Barking election result overturned under section 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, using the precedent set in the Oldham and Saddleworth constituency of Phil Woolas who was ejected from his seat for lying about his opponents during the election campaign.

Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the USA were signed to Drag City ( Smog, Will Oldham, Royal Trux ), a relationship which continues to this day.

Philip James Woolas ( born 11 December 1959 ) is a British politician who was the Labour Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Oldham East and Saddleworth from his election in 1997 to 2010.

As one of the biggest clubs in Division Two for 1997 – 98, and being managed by Warnock who had achieved no less than five promotions with other clubs in the last 11 years, Oldham Athletic were tipped for an immediate return to Division One, but they finished a disappointing 13th in the league and Warnock resigned.

Eintracht Frankfurt have a small following who often make the journey to Oldham Athletic games at Boundary Park.

' ( This despite an intriguing skull in the British Museum of a ' tree bear ' collected in 1869 by Oldham and discussed in the Annals of the Royal Zoological Society.

Oldham produced all Rolling Stones recordings from 1963 until late 1967 despite having no previous experience as a producer.

Taylor enjoyed a successful playing career as a winger, playing for Canvey Island, Southend United, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton Orient and Oldham Athletic, as well as winning four international caps for England in 1976 ( despite being at Third Division Palace at the time ), before embarking on a career as a coach and manager.

Wire beat Oldham 7 – 5, despite playing with only 12 men for most of the match after centre Collins sustained a broken collar bone.

Administration under the West Riding County Council led to problems, as Greenfield came under the administration of Holmfirth for such things as the fire service, despite Holmfirth being significantly further away than Oldham.

On the night appointed, however, it was Wickliffe who won all the money wagered by Duval and Oldham, despite their schemes.

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.

" Crewe managed to avoid relegation for the second time in three seasons at the expense of, despite losing 4 – 1 to Oldham on the last day of the season.

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At above sea level and with no major river or visible natural resources, Oldham had poor geographic attributes compared with other settlements for investors and their engineers.

As a result, Oldham played no part in the initial period of the Industrial Revolution, although it did later become seen as obvious territory to industrialise because of its convenient position between the labour forces of Manchester and southwest Yorkshire.

Saddleworth and the South Pennines are close to the east, whilst on all other sides, Oldham is bound by smaller towns, including Ashton-under-Lyne, Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton and Shaw and Crompton, with little or no green space between them.

It is east of Manchester city centre, and is bound on all sides by other towns: Audenshaw, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Mossley, Oldham and Stalybridge, with little or no green space between them.

In early May 1963, the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, said Stewart should no longer be onstage, that six members were too many for a popular group and that the burly, square-jawed Stewart did not fit the image.

Following the return of competitive football there was to be no immediate success for Oldham Athletic.

Only eight games were won, Oldham finished in last place and quickly returned to the Third Division North, where a first equally disappointing season saw them finish no higher than 10th.

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Oldham also featured as guest aesthetic designer for the North American literary magazine Zoetrope All Story ( vol 11, no 1 ) in 2007.

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There is no railway station nearby but there is a nearby Metrolink stop, which is Oldham Mumps, currently providing links to Manchester and Chorlton.

In 1920 the L & YR also considered electrifying the Manchester – Oldham – Shaw and Royton lines, but no work was carried out.

Roughyeds were told they would no longer be able to use Oldham Athletic's Boundary Park in November 2009.

However, the redevelopment was scrapped and Oldham Athletic are no longer working on this project.

The birth of Louise Brown, the world's first ' test-tube baby ', at on 1978 at the Oldham General Hospital made medical history: in vitro fertilisation meant a new way to help infertile couples who formerly had no possibility of having a baby.

By 19: 00, with Ceylon damaged so severely that she could no longer effectively sail or fight, third officer Tristam Fleming hauled the ship out of the battle line and ordered his crew to cease firing: Meriton and his second officer Thomas Oldham had both been seriously wounded by grape shot.

The history of the Oldham Loop Line was intertwined with the early history of railways in the Manchester and Oldham area, and to some extent also with the geography of Oldham which meant that there was no direct Manchester to Oldham line until quite late in the 19th century.