Articles relating to: Gallery Oldham
Purring: the mysterious history of Clog Fighting
Purring – Sport of The People explores the lost histories of clog fighting. The artist Anna FC Smith writes for Northern Soul about the genesis of the show (currently at The Whitaker in Rossendale) and what visitors can expect.
Purring and Parring: the mysterious history of Clog Fighting
Believe it or not but naked clog fighting was a mysterious and illegal sport that existed in Northern mining communities for hundreds of years. Now Gallery Oldham is staging an exhibition examining the myths of the brutal underground ‘purring, clogging or Fighting Wigan Fashion’.
Revolution in the Bedroom at Gallery Oldham
The game was startling in its simplicity but my 12-year-old son stared at the screen as if bringing an Airbus in to land.
Brian Clarke: Born Oldham 1953
There can’t be many people who know that the world’s foremost stained glass artist is from Oldham.
When Cotton Was King
Who had more cotton spindles turning than the combined cotton industries of France and Germany in 1913? Oldham, that’s who!
The Northern Travel & Tourism Show, February 25, 2020
The Northern Travel & Tourism Show on February 25, 2020 is the perfect place to find great ideas for future leisure visits and experiences, and enjoy the amazing Monastery host venue in Manchester.
You’ll meet over 45 exhibitors from lake and river cruises, steam railway trips and stately homes and gardens to themed Beatles heritage discovery in Liverpool, and the James Herriott All Creatures Great and Small story in the Yorkshire Dales.
There will also be tours around the wonderfully restored Pugin-designed monastery building.
The Northern Soul Poll
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