andy_b_100 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Ah ...Mumps and the town centre bus stations are all a good 15 mins away as well... so unless you change buses!!. Its an ideal location. I bet whoever ripped the Derker Hotel down may live to regret it after all. It may also attract a new lot of fans. Plus i could park at my brothers ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marhar Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Derker station is a good 15 min away as well Will this be where the Derker Metrolink station will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Will this be where the Derker Metrolink station will be? Stadium on one side, 3G pitches and everything else the other side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 A move to *Any Area in the Borough of Oldham*? No thanks, that's me not going! Blah Blah Blah etc... I say we go for what ever ground we can. Bus connections to Derker are ace, 3 buses (83, Derker bus, Waterhead bus) Plenty of Bus stops around Derker, waterhead and Rippy Road. We should go for whatever we can get. It's not Derker though. Frankly says not go to Derker (see what I did there!) .. and that is good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJazzer Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) there is no way we would be allowed to build on Stoneleigh park anyway (a nice park it is) there are still people living on Derker, i think the residents of Vulcan Street, Browning road etc would have something to say about it the old seddon site and the golf course are not near the bottom of the park jazzer Eh? Of course they are? I lived on Stoneleigh Street till i was 21 and worked at Seddon Atkinson till i was 24. I walked through the park to get to work, so trust me, thats exactly where it is. The golf course (proposed) is to the right of the path that leads from Whetstone Hill to the bridge at the back of the old axle shop at the very back of the seddon site. To the left are the football fields that lead straight into the park. Edit... It depends what u define as the park i suppose. If your taling about the playground and bowling green bit then i suppose its a bit of a distance. I always considered the whole :censored:nshinola all the way down to the bottom football pitches as the park. I expect that was just me willy waving and wanting my park to be bigger than everybody elses!!!! Anyway, the crux of my point was that, if there was any substance to the rumour, which FrankShank has scotched, then i would expect it would mean the bottom end where the football pitches, stoneleigh primary school, and the proposed golfy thing is. Edited March 10, 2011 by BlueJazzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I honestly couldn't tell you if I have ever been to Derker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJazzer Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 And more importantly, whats this HP Guinness sauce madness? And WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepy Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Eh? Of course they are? I lived on Stoneleigh Street till i was 21 and worked at Seddon Atkinson till i was 24. I walked through the park to get to work, so trust me, thats exactly where it is. The golf course (proposed) is to the right of the path that leads from Whetstone Hill to the bridge at the back of the old axle shop at the very back of the seddon site. To the left are the football fields that lead straight into the park. Edit... It depends what u define as the park i suppose. If your taling about the playground and bowling green bit then i suppose its a bit of a distance. I always considered the whole :censored:nshinola all the way down to the bottom football pitches as the park. I expect that was just me willy waving and wanting my park to be bigger than everybody elses!!!! Anyway, the crux of my point was that, if there was any substance to the rumour, which FrankShank has scotched, then i would expect it would mean the bottom end where the football pitches, stoneleigh primary school, and the proposed golfy thing is. i meant just the park without the pitches yeh, but to build a stadium you would need the pitches aswell so we are both right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepy Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I honestly couldn't tell you if I have ever been to Derker im sure you would have remembered if you had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 im sure you would have remembered if you had What pubs are there? Is it on the way to anywhere? I am perturbed now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Considering what the club told us with the failsworth development, about it being the only viable site, you would have to ask regarding any rumoured or suggested sites. 1) Were they considered alongside failsworth? 2) If they weren't viable then, why are they viable now? 3) What will the main objections be to planning permission (ie any big hurdles ala failsworth charitable land debacle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I used to play football at Stoneleigh Park and IIRC there was one hell of a slope on the pitch. A sloping pitch is part of Latics history, so it's a pity the proposed site is not this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I used to play football at Stoneleigh Park and IIRC there was one hell of a slope on the pitch. A sloping pitch is part of Latics history, so it's a pity the proposed site is not this one. Considering other no go areas include Beal Valley and Higginshaw Gas Works, really am struggling where these three sites could be located, unless the plans are drastically watered down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I honestly couldn't tell you if I have ever been to Derker You seem to have led a very sheltered life until you reached the 'Gateway to the South'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottantuno Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 With the continual reference to Derker in this thread I suddenly can't stop thinking of Team America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepy Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 What pubs are there? Is it on the way to anywhere? I am perturbed now. there was 2 pubs IIRC, both have been bulldozed, the Alex and the Derker hotel if you are going to hell, you pass through Derker first Derker - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=map+of+stoneleigh+park+oldham&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7TSEH_enGB378GB378&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Stoneleigh+Park,+Vulcan+St,+Oldham+OL1&gl=uk&ei=W8N4TYbjNoKKhQeat8DeBg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ8gEwAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I honestly couldn't tell you if I have ever been to Derker It's a land of many, many tomato shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 What pubs are there? Is it on the way to anywhere? I am perturbed now. As mentioned, they're all shut/demolished. Possibly after your last visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 No pubs and on the way to Ibrox, it's no wonder I was never a frequent visitor, regardless of the thick plumes of tomato smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoafc Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Will this be where the Derker Metrolink station will be? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) Ignore me, wrong thread. Edited March 10, 2011 by beag_teeets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Ignore me, wrong thread. Too much tomato smoke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Tesco a short walk away incase we need some more players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejh45 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 There's still some "quality" drinking establishments on 'Uddersfield Rd!!! On that note, who remembers the Footballers.......where you used to get beat up if you didn't have the right money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SholverBlue Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 only the 81 goes to and from Derker, its a 10 minute to get the nearest 83 and a 15/20 minute walk to get the nearest 82 but lets not let that get in the way of people owning cars . . It takes me 5 Minuetes to walk to Latics down Sheep foot lane. Won't take much longer from Rippy Road to get to Stoneleigh Park, My sister used to live in a flat round there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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