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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Owner | Hirst Kidd and Rennie |
| Editor | Jim Williams |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Headquarters | Oldham, Greater Manchester |
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| Website: www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk | |
The Oldham Evening Chronicle is an English daily newspaper published each weekday evening. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. It is a local newspaper which serves the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland There is also a sister edition called Chronicle Weekend published on Thursdays which focuses on upcoming weekend events.
The paper is owned by Hirst Kidd and Rennie.
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History
On May 6, 1854, the first edition of the "Oldham Chronicle" was published by a bookseller and printer Daniel Evans in an effort to provide the then thriving cotton manufacturing town of Oldham with its own locally produced newspaper. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock Oldham was enjoying rapid economic expansion thanks to the Industrial Revolution, but local communities had to rely on Manchester papers for news about the town and surrounding districts. The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the The Oldham Chronicle was published in an attempt to fill this gap.
Jonathan Hirst and Wallace Rennie bought the paper in 1857 for £800, and members of the Hirst family still work for the newspaper - the current managing director is Philip Hirst, great great grandson of Jonathan Hirst.
The paper went from strength to strength and became an established and favoured paper for the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England.
Due to this increase in popularity, in 1880, it was decided to produce a daily edition (Monday to Saturday). The weekly edition and the Oldham Evening Chronicle were published together until 1982, when the paid-for Oldham Chronicle became the free Chronicle Weekend.
Editorial staff
- Editor: Jim Williams
- News editor: Mike Attenborough:
- Business Editor: Martyn Torr
- Sports Editor: Bob Young
See also
External links
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