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PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH OLDHAM
Catalogue reference: 1579
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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH OLDHAM dating from c1915.
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- 1579
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Title (The name of the record)
- PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH OLDHAM
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1915
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<p>See deposits: 273, 278, 337, 1049, 1096, 1518.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Gamble, Elizabeth, fl 1909-1982, née Oldham, of Higher Crumpsall, Manchester</persname>
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- 1 PHOTOGRAPH
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Elizabeth Gamble (donor), born c.1909, was the daughter of William and Lillian Oldham. Private William Oldham (donor's father); born c.1875, died 1959, was in the Territorials and was one of the first to be called up during the First World War. He was in the Transport Section of the Middlesex Regiment. He was out of work for some time after the war and eventually got a job as a miner in Yorkshire but was hit by a full tub of coal and was unable to work again. He received 2/7d per week compensation.
William and Lillian Oldham had 6 children, Edith (b.1898), Harold (b.1901), William (b.1903), Lillian (b.1907), Albert (b.1911) and Elizabeth (donor - b.1909). All the children attended St. Annes School in Denton.
Albert was in the Canadian Air Force, received the B.E.M. and died in Canada in 1959.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/60102c7d-cd1e-4b5d-8eda-bfe11305c683/
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PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH OLDHAM