Diego_Sideburns Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 Carl Cox the Djaaay is an Oldhammer! Oldhammer - does that mean he used to play for West Ham? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincoln_latic Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Not quite sure I've got the story totally correct (I'm sure someone will put me right), but I believe that one of Oldham's stranger claims to fame was the bid made to host the winter olympics sometime early the last century. They were to be held on the Counthill Slopes. The bid unsurprisingly failed. I think the Oldham Tinkers song "Skiing Owdham Style" is a reference to this. KtF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddymatt Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I believe William Wrigley was born in Owdham Chewing gum And I was also led to believe that the nestle factory at mills hill is the largest vinegar factory in europe!? I am more than willing to be shot down on these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Actually the present building dates from 1830 and was designed in the Gothic Style by Richard Lane, a Manchester Architect. Designs by Mr Barry, later to become Sir Charles Barry the designer of the House of Commons, although far superior, were rejected! It seems that my source for this claim had read the same book as Diego, only missed a detail. So I humbly hold my hands up and admit that I was wrong, and Diego was right *Sets calendar reminder to edit all evidence from thread after the Great Slaughter of the Midlanders* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Carl Cox the Djaaay is an Oldhammer! As are many other famous peeps, not including me! He's gone a long way from fish and chips and Yates's though... There was a story on popbitch the other week about his manager, who has a catchphrase. Carl's rider is bottles of Moet and Chandon, so when taking bookings, his manager always says: "No Moet, no showey. No Chandon, no band on." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Not quite sure I've got the story totally correct (I'm sure someone will put me right), but I believe that one of Oldham's stranger claims to fame was the bid made to host the winter olympics sometime early the last century. They were to be held on the Counthill Slopes. The bid unsurprisingly failed. I think the Oldham Tinkers song "Skiing Owdham Style" is a reference to this. KtF What is a fact is that when Manchester bid for the Olympics, part of the package was that BP was to be used for the hockey tournament. Would you believe they were going to put down a plastic pitch and then reinstate the grass pitch afterwards? OAFC was going to be compensated the cost of this, but in the meantime Latics were going to play at the Olympic stadium in Manchester until the new grass pitch was ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 It seems that my source for this claim had read the same book as Diego, only missed a detail. So I humbly hold my hands up and admit that I was wrong, and Diego was right I'm not one to gloat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Urban myth Diego....blue plaques mean nothing other than someones paid for it. Fish Friers say...The first fish and chip shop in the North of England is thought to have opened in Mossely, near Oldham, Lancashire, around 1863. Mr Lees sold fish and chips from a wooden hut in the market and later he transferred the business to a permanent shop across the road, which had the following inscription in the window, “this is the first fish and chip shop in the world”. Also has a plaque.Now a Chinese opposite the Market. However, (as you say) in London, Joseph Malin opened a fish and chip shop in Cleveland Street within the sound of Bow Bells in 1860. My post was nothing to do with fish and chip shops. As I said Oldham's claim to fame related to being the birthplace of the chip shop (though not in the sense it is understood today of 'fish-and-chip shop'). So yours is another fishy tale, whereas I was chipping in with my own six penneth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeTripe Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 DS, what are you carping on about? Where's Stipey when we need him? Well I've just read this thread and I've decided theres no porpoise to it. So thats me, I'm offski, in my new transport, a motorpike and sidecarp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Well I've just read this thread and I've decided theres no porpoise to it. So thats me, I'm offski, in my new transport, a motorpike and sidecarp. That's the sort of quality this thread has missed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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