A new scheme will work out how to protect five iconic buildings in Oldham town centre.
Five of Oldham ’s mostt historic buildings could be saved from ‘rotting away’ after a £400k plan was approved by the council yesterday .
Town hall boss Arooj Shah said: “We all know how much pride we have for these buildings. They’re not just bricks, there’s history, there’s memories that people have built.” The decision comes in response to concerns raised by the local community about the ‘deterioration’ of historic buildings in the town centre, which has left Union Street looking ‘derelict’ and ‘empty’, according to local shop owners.The Grade II-listed building at 79 Union Street was recently bought by Oldham Council through a compulsory purchase order.
The iconic building on Greaves Street is still in use by the Oldham Theatre Workshop, who are due to move to the restored Old Library once works are completed. The council-owned building, built between 1867-69, was once the town’s museum and was later taken over by the Quaker community as a Friends Meeting House.
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