Oldham 1989

[The Art of Hand and Foot]

18 hours ago, The Art of Hand and Foot said:

53% of Oldham borough is actually in Yorkshire. Didn't help though. Another interesting fact, during the 2nd world war Oldham played in the Yorkshire cup. 

Im also reminded of a time when oldham were playing Widnes, at boundary park, the oldham fans were chanting "we hate Scousers, we hate scousers". Widnes fans replied with "you dirty Yorkshire b@stards". Heh heh, rugby league banter, you can't beat it.

[unapologetic pedant]

21 hours ago, The Art of Hand and Foot said:

53% of Oldham borough is actually in Yorkshire. Didn't help though. Another interesting fact, during the 2nd world war Oldham played in the Yorkshire cup. 

It`s always alarming when you look at a map of the North and realise just how far west the county line reaches, and thus how big Yorkshire is. Thankfully hardly anyone lives in most of it, but even so this is unfinished business. That border needs shifting significantly eastward. Where do I sign up?

[meast]

Indeed, Large parts of Saddleworth area was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, indeed, I'm sure many residents still class themselves as from Yorkshire rather than Lancashire or Greater Manchester?

[The Art of Hand and Foot]

Top of the pops 1990, Simon Mayo mentions Oldham Rugby Club as one of the successes of the town as he introduces Oldham Band the inspiral carpets, this is what it's like. Recorded 1989. The town was "buzzin" at that time. I think we should use this as our anthem,

" this is what it's like to be Oldham, this is what it's like to be tall, this is where the game was run from long before they moved to Red Hall." Edited it to make it scan better and changed small to tall.

[daz39]

Good side back then were Oldham 

[ATLANTISMAN]

Loved the old Watersheddings (What a wonderful name) some nice people on the board way back as well I remember Bob Ogden (His daughter Julie married Bob Mordell) and Keith Broadbent.

 

Paul