This my old town, where I lived from being born in Oldham in 1973. Our family moved to warmer climates in 84, to Somerset. But joining you on this brilliant tour of hone again feels amazing

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Awwww that's great to hear. There are loads of Oldham walks and talks plus history to watch on the channel. More videos coming soon when summer finally arrived xx

@a.c.h3792

Жыл бұрын

I'll check them out. I'll visit again soon. Is the Greek chippy still open, you know,the 🐬

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

There's one up rippingdon road x

@a.c.h3792

Жыл бұрын

@MeansToAnEnd1980 thanks for the update.

Hi Sarah, the old midland bank was a bar called 'Legends' and first opened as a 'Bar' around 1990 and was called the 'Gallery.' The post office hasn't been a post office since 2008. Gonna watch the rest of the vid now. xx

Not been to Shaw for a while. Caught a few fleeting glimpses of my favourite places - the Shay Wake pub and Armstrong's - the chippy! Nice video.

@SarahsUKGraveyard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Philip xx

Not been to Shaw in years, so this was a trip down memory lane, thanks!

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Richard xx

Aww it's such a lovley building its ashame they end up like this 😭. Ohj wow glad you got to look through the window. Amazing inside the old bank 😳. Gutted these buildings are all going xxx 😭

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

It's a shame Lou xx

I had a relative who was a Shaw Gawby😄Always liked Shaw years ago because I found it a lot quieter than Oldham and a closer community, There were some good walks nearby too, in Dunwood Park and over Crompton Moor.

@SarahsUKGraveyard

7 ай бұрын

Ohhh I'll have to take a look xx

Lovely to see your footage of Shaw!! I was born there in 1966 but moved away as an adult. Sadly it is looking a bit rough around the edges these days but many many happy memories of the town & miss it. I might take a trip back there one day. ❤. Thank you! x

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Yes you should do xx

Thank you Sarah it's a shame about the old buildings they don't make them like that anymore!. I dont know anything about Shaw I may have been about three times in my life. take care 🤗💜

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Very true xx

I've lived in a village just a few miles away from Shaw for many years and I cycled through the centre of Shaw for the first time just a few months ago. My first impressions were "hmm, this is dead rough". Actually, my last impressions were exactly the same. Real shame because many of the surrounding local areas are extremely attractive and even picturesque.

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Very true. Xxx

Loved your video of my home town Sarah you taught me some historic facts that i wasnt aware of, Alsoi have lived in Shaw for 44 years my kids went to st Pauls nursery which was based in the building it really upsets me about the building which i think was a Weslyian building and also the midland bank building that has been left to rack n ruin i am ashamed every time i see them on a daily basis and so the people who are responsible for them have left them in such a state should hang their heads in shame!!! XX

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary x good histories there xxx

Thanks Sarah, enjoyed watching as your always so up beat, love it !

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Awwww thank you Anna xxxx

great history sharing Sarah 👏 thankyou ❤

ebyegum St Pauls, was there in the 70's when the bypass nick half our play grounds, thanks for the good memories

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Tony xx

Brilliant Sarah love your channel x thank you for taking your time out to go to places , the poor church tho 🥺🥺

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome and yes it's shocking the rate that buildings are being lost xxx

hi Sarah, that old church was bought a few months back and we're going to be turning it into a mosque, the part of the building which collapsed we will be making a car park on that part and the rest of the building we're renovating to be the new Shaw mosque - the old one on Refuge St. was getting too small as it was a 2 bedroom terraced house turned into a mosque and with the growing Muslim population in Shaw, we outgrew it and we had to relocate to a bigger location. The original owners of the church actually had a higher offer than the one we made but those people with the higher offer wanted to turn the church into a nightclub, so the church owners sold it to us even though our offer was lower, because he said it's best that it stays as a place of worship. The part to the left side where the gate is with the "children playing" sign is part of a nursery which was also part of the site when we bought it, we'll most likely be renting it out to be a nursery to generate extra income to go towards the renovation of the mosque (as we're still raising funds for the renevation - gonna be 300k+ in total once its fully completed) :)

@rizwan6823

Жыл бұрын

i've always said Shaw actually has so much potential if people make the right investments into it, and if they buy all those derelict places and make something out of them it'll be good for this town :)

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Hi that's brilliant news. I'm glad to hear your making something of it and yes it should absolutely stay a place of worship. I'd love to come abd gave a look inside if I can when it is complete. I've never been inside a mosque and I believe they are beautiful. I was invited to the massive one in glodwick on an open day once but couldn't make the date due to work xx

@sally6457

9 ай бұрын

Isn't the site a grade 2 listed building? And full of graves? What are you doing to preserve the heritage of the structure? Shaw doesn't need any more car parks, and that section of road is already to busy, I'm staggered that any of this has passed planning permission. Shaw Parish Council are notoriously hard to please for small changes and extensions proposed by local individual homeowners, but seem willing to grant permission for HMO's to property developers cashing in on the area. Our once famous market has been destroyed by the parish council to increase parking, our swimming baths taken, and slowly our heritage is being erased.

Was in Shaw having a mooch about today . It's not as bad as people make it out to be. I dare say there are worse places (anywhere in Rochdale 😂)

The engraving on the stones was so it could be reconstructed. Every stone had a place. Something interesting in the park that most people don’t see is the memorial to the men who lost their lives in the Boer war in South Africa. It’s tucked away by the library

I was born in shaw in 63. Born in brunswick street.

Another good un.

Thirty years since I've been to Shaw. What a shame it is so many buildings are going down. I remember a TV programme called Common as Muck being filmed in the old market and in one of the pubs (cant remember the name) and a cafe. Top cast of well known TV stars in it including Neil Dudgeon, Roy Hudd, Tim Healy and Edward Woodward, plus so many more

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Sone good actors there. All passed now I believe but not sure about Neil xx

The cricketers was a good pub that were knocked down some years ago that methodist church was a nursery school

Sarah that building use to be St. Paul’s church and it used to be a play nursery my son went in 1976 now it is going to be a mosque eventually

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

You mean they are building a mosque on the site ? Xx

Top finger action! :D

We're the sausage nice 😁 x

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Really nice xx

Wow was up for it but i ten years on youxxxxx

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Up for what lol xx

@waynebarfoot870

Жыл бұрын

Meeting you in oldham x

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Xx

Can't beat proper sausages xxx

I've worked in Shaw since October 2012.

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

It's a nice place xx

Sorry I missed you.

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Think I saw you Saturday in Shay Wake on Saturday with Lou. Wasn't too sure so didn't say hello hahaha

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Awww yes it was you should have said hello xx

Im intrigued to know if them sausages had a taste of strawberries? Very unusual!

@SarahsUKGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Hi Anna, I couldn't taste strawberry but I did sense a sweetness. They are really nice I'll defo buy again xxx

👍

St Pauls collapsed

@SarahsUKGraveyard

4 ай бұрын

You mean the old building?

@caroleugis5155

4 ай бұрын

@@SarahsUKGraveyard The one you can see the remains off. It was unstable and had to be closed and collapsed in 2019