Oldham

[ohl-duhm, ou-duhm]

noun

1. a city in Greater Manchester, in NW England.

Oldham

/ ˈəʊldəm /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 103 544 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 218 100 (2003 est). Area: 141 sq km (54 sq miles)

Example Sentences

He talked about meeting a woman in Oldham, shortly after becoming an MP in 2015.

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The presenter, who featured widely on programmes including the BBC's Watchdog and GMTV's News Hour and began his career at the Oldham Chronicle, died in hospital on Sunday morning.

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Born in Oldham in 1946, Stapleton began his career in newspapers before presenting on the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight, where he reported from conflicts in the Middle East, El Salvador and Argentina during the Falklands War.

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At the Bowl, Oldham came onstage in a wheelchair, which prompted Nelson to explain that the 82-year-old had cracked his pelvis in a “freak basketball accident” the other day.

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The Love Earth tour follows this summer’s “Talkin to the Trees” LP, for which Young convened a new band called the Chrome Hearts featuring guitarist Micah Nelson, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Anthony LoGerfo — they all play in Promise of the Real, which has previously backed Young — as well as organist Spooner Oldham, who’s known for the Southern soul classics he helped create as part of the mid-’60s music scene in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

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