So dark there now. I'm glad I moved away before the demolition had begun but it's heartbreaking to see whenever I go back. It's just wasteland now cos the government ran out of money. My Mum still has to put up with living in a half derelict street though. I'd love to have some money to get her out of that shit hole.
@brazil10able Yes it was. Werneth was quite a posh area then. The people were really friendly. The pubs were the first things to close down. It used to have some really great pubs.
@scarletwest ...yes especially the large houses near the little park off Tamworth Street........my childhood memories were at my Grandparents who lived on Edward Sreet....in front of Halls electrical Works next to the croft....the happiest, warmest times of my life were in Oldham......and I have lived all over England and in Australia. I loved Oldham but it has been ruined and is now a frightening place due to the obvious.
@brazil10able I used to live on Bath Street! Small world! It was such a lovely big Victorian house. Anyway, at least we have the memories! My Dad has lived there all his life but yes, it is a town in ruins. The atmosphere is frightening when I go back. I get verbal abuse just for walking down the street. I'll be going back for Christmas so I'll get back to you on how that went!!!!
@brazil10able I went back for Christmas and it was quite eerie. The snow was deep and there were very few street lights working. The houses on Norfolk Street and a lot on Cambridge Street are all shuttered up with metal but the stupid council hadn't bothered to turn the water off so the pipes in the derelict houses had burst and all you could hear was the running water. I went to Christ Church on Block Lane on Christmas day though and that was really nice.
@scarletwest I lived on Cambridge street from 1963-66. when I was a little boy......and I remember it clearly with very fond memories...as you know ,it is now an Islamic home from home with an adjacent legal and political centre( mosque ) etc etc etc..... my old junior school, Corpus Christi is still there....I often wish it was about 1970 again and the path that Oldham was forced to take, was completely avoided.
@brazil10able I went to Corpus Christi too and then onto St. Augustines (St. Anselms previously). Corpus Christi was a top school. Excellent teachers and the wonderful head teacher at that time was Sister Mary Francis and before that Sister Birchman. St. Augustines was dreadful though by the time I got there in 1993. Used to spend most days sitting in a bush in Werneth Park reading Catcher in The Rye.
@scarletwest Corpus Christie was the best school in the world....such happy happy times....looks like I was there long before you ib the late sixties....Mr Bryant was Headmaster and other teachers were Mrs Cummings, Mrs Flaherty, Mrs Bradley and our soccer team "manager" Mr Geldart...the school then had a second storey with a big assembley hall upstairs....I think that lasted until at least 1979/80
@brazil10able Well, a few of those were still there by the time I got there. Mrs Cummings, Mrs Bradley and Mr Geldart. The school looked like it had been built in the early 80's when I arrived. Everything seemed quite new. It was like a nice cosy bungalow with all these weird stone sculptures in the playground that you could climb on. I'm sure they've gone now. Health and safety and all that nonsense. I still go to the Christmas fair there. Lovely people still! And the church is nice too.
@3fugitives Oh wow! What street was it? There's pictures of all the famous people who came from Oldham in the arcade in the town centre and there was a picture of her. I'm a big Corrie fan y'see! Used to hang around outside Sarah Lancashire's house on my lunch break from school eating chips.
My god, it was shithole when i left 10 years ago, it's got even worse by the looks of it, and you can keep it!!!! 20 odd years ago it was a nice place with it's park! such a shame our ethnic friends have ruined it!
Your wrong MrsFBG......its the Werneth I grew up in as a child....Tamworth Street, Edward Street, top of Oxfoird Street, high flats on Manchester STREET.......the old church........used to be a little paradise of friendliness and hard working people.........
This isnt Werneth. If you look on all the Speed limit signs on all the streets around it says Freehold. Werneth starts on the Avant hotel side of Manchester Street/Coppice Street/Windsor Road and finishes at Copsterhill Road. I should know, I grew up in Werneth, spent the first 14 years of my life there then moved to the Freehold area.
So dark there now. I'm glad I moved away before the demolition had begun but it's heartbreaking to see whenever I go back. It's just wasteland now cos the government ran out of money. My Mum still has to put up with living in a half derelict street though. I'd love to have some money to get her out of that shit hole.
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest ..it's a shame...if only people could have seen it and lived there in the 60's and 70's....it was a warm and friendly place
brazil10able 1 year ago
@brazil10able Yes it was. Werneth was quite a posh area then. The people were really friendly. The pubs were the first things to close down. It used to have some really great pubs.
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest ...yes especially the large houses near the little park off Tamworth Street........my childhood memories were at my Grandparents who lived on Edward Sreet....in front of Halls electrical Works next to the croft....the happiest, warmest times of my life were in Oldham......and I have lived all over England and in Australia. I loved Oldham but it has been ruined and is now a frightening place due to the obvious.
brazil10able 1 year ago
@brazil10able I used to live on Bath Street! Small world! It was such a lovely big Victorian house. Anyway, at least we have the memories! My Dad has lived there all his life but yes, it is a town in ruins. The atmosphere is frightening when I go back. I get verbal abuse just for walking down the street. I'll be going back for Christmas so I'll get back to you on how that went!!!!
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest keep in touch on here please Scarlet
brazil10able 1 year ago
@brazil10able I went back for Christmas and it was quite eerie. The snow was deep and there were very few street lights working. The houses on Norfolk Street and a lot on Cambridge Street are all shuttered up with metal but the stupid council hadn't bothered to turn the water off so the pipes in the derelict houses had burst and all you could hear was the running water. I went to Christ Church on Block Lane on Christmas day though and that was really nice.
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest I lived on Cambridge street from 1963-66. when I was a little boy......and I remember it clearly with very fond memories...as you know ,it is now an Islamic home from home with an adjacent legal and political centre( mosque ) etc etc etc..... my old junior school, Corpus Christi is still there....I often wish it was about 1970 again and the path that Oldham was forced to take, was completely avoided.
brazil10able 1 year ago
@brazil10able I went to Corpus Christi too and then onto St. Augustines (St. Anselms previously). Corpus Christi was a top school. Excellent teachers and the wonderful head teacher at that time was Sister Mary Francis and before that Sister Birchman. St. Augustines was dreadful though by the time I got there in 1993. Used to spend most days sitting in a bush in Werneth Park reading Catcher in The Rye.
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest Corpus Christie was the best school in the world....such happy happy times....looks like I was there long before you ib the late sixties....Mr Bryant was Headmaster and other teachers were Mrs Cummings, Mrs Flaherty, Mrs Bradley and our soccer team "manager" Mr Geldart...the school then had a second storey with a big assembley hall upstairs....I think that lasted until at least 1979/80
brazil10able 1 year ago
@brazil10able Well, a few of those were still there by the time I got there. Mrs Cummings, Mrs Bradley and Mr Geldart. The school looked like it had been built in the early 80's when I arrived. Everything seemed quite new. It was like a nice cosy bungalow with all these weird stone sculptures in the playground that you could climb on. I'm sure they've gone now. Health and safety and all that nonsense. I still go to the Christmas fair there. Lovely people still! And the church is nice too.
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest ....keep in touch please Scarlet
brazil10able 9 months ago
i used to live in werneth on the same street as two popular soap stars, so it can't be that bad, sorry actually it's worse a proper shithole.
3fugitives 1 year ago
@3fugitives ...it was a great place until about 1989 onwards
brazil10able 1 year ago
@3fugitives Who were the soap stars if you don't mind me asking?
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest the lady who plays sunitta in coronation street and her then partner " carlos the chef" from emmerdale
3fugitives 1 year ago
@3fugitives Oh wow! What street was it? There's pictures of all the famous people who came from Oldham in the arcade in the town centre and there was a picture of her. I'm a big Corrie fan y'see! Used to hang around outside Sarah Lancashire's house on my lunch break from school eating chips.
scarletwest 1 year ago
@scarletwest it was chester street, i moved in 2001, so don't know how long they continued to live there.
3fugitives 1 year ago
Yeah werneth is a shithole i know as i live there but to be fair there isn't anywhere in oldham thats not a shithole
broughy23 1 year ago
My god, it was shithole when i left 10 years ago, it's got even worse by the looks of it, and you can keep it!!!! 20 odd years ago it was a nice place with it's park! such a shame our ethnic friends have ruined it!
charliesammyemma 1 year ago
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12missyem 2 years ago
Your wrong MrsFBG......its the Werneth I grew up in as a child....Tamworth Street, Edward Street, top of Oxfoird Street, high flats on Manchester STREET.......the old church........used to be a little paradise of friendliness and hard working people.........
brazil10able 2 years ago 2
Werneth area of Oldhan?
1BODGER95 2 years ago 2
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onlytruthI00 2 years ago 2
This isnt Werneth. If you look on all the Speed limit signs on all the streets around it says Freehold. Werneth starts on the Avant hotel side of Manchester Street/Coppice Street/Windsor Road and finishes at Copsterhill Road. I should know, I grew up in Werneth, spent the first 14 years of my life there then moved to the Freehold area.
MrsFBG 3 years ago
invaded with pakis
Reaperz93 3 years ago
new bnp members list for oldham:
antifa4ever . webs . com
bakhtn 2 years ago
and?
aisha18cherine 2 years ago
I'll watch this when I start missing my home.
scarletwest 4 years ago