Oldham Historical Research Group

A 'Mixed Bag' of things in my possession or that caught my interest

From Peter Cannon

tank traps

Swedish Tank Traps

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Message to the Allied Expeditionary Force, in WW2, from Dwight Eisenhower
Message to the Allied Expeditionary Force, in WW2, from Dwight Eisenhower

National Savings Certificate, 1943

National Savings Certificate, 1943

Websites of interest:
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* Trouble at Mill : lancashire sayings and dialect etc.

* Meaning of old sayings

* The story of  Ada Jones born in 'The British Flag', on Manchester Street, Oldham in 1873.
She went on to become a pioneering recording star in America.

* Oldham Theatres : History of the old theatres

* The bunker of Eperlecques
An assembly plant and launch pad for V2 rockets

* More about The bunker of Eperlecques

* Pictures of The bunker of Eperlecques

* Story and photographs :
Battle of Britain - Spitfire WWII Fighter Planes are Restored in New Zealand

* Hathershaw Hall

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Just off Wellyhole Street, Lees, in the 1960s

Just off Wellyhole Street, Lees,
in the 1960s

1903, Receipt for a Wedding Carriage and a Pair of Bay Horses.

1903, Receipt for a Wedding Carriage
and a Pair of Bay Horses.

 

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