| Description | When ordering these handbooks please include the specific dates that you require.
These handbooks form a pocket guide to the council and its work.
The earliest handbook 1867-1868 includes:
Standing orders of the council
Dates of council meetings
List of councillors for each ward
List of committees and their members (1867-1868).
As time goes on more information is added to the handbook by 1907-1908 the handbook includes:
Standing orders of the council
Dates of council meetings
List of councillors for each ward
Description of each ward
List of past mayors
List of committees and their members
Information on specific acts currently being processed but the corporation i.e. 1902 Education Act, 1905 Unemployed Workmen Act
List of principal officers for the borough
List of borough justices
Appointed days of attendance of the magistrates
Brief financial overview of each council committee
Brief overview of the powers and duties of each council committee
Statistics relating to the borough including population and electoral information etc
Information on the members of parliament for Oldham (1832-1906)
List of joint committees on which Oldham Corporation has representation
Results of municipal elections 1905-1907
The last handbook produced for the County Borough of Oldham 1972-1974 includes:
1972-1974 calandar
Standing orders of the council
Dates of council meetings
Names, addresses, occupations etc for all members of the council
List of committees and their members
Information on specific acts currently being processed but the corporation i.e. 1944 Education Act etc
Brief overview of the powers and duties of each council committee
Lists of managers, head teachers etc of the borough's schools
Contact details for council departments i.e. welfare centres, social services, etc
List of principal officers for the borough
List of council's representation on other bodies i.e. Committee for Community Relations, West Pennine Water Board etc
List of active magistrates
List of retired borough justices
List of the acts of parliament relating to Oldham etc
List of Byelaws, name and date only
Statistics relating to the borough including population and electoral information etc
List of past mayors
List of honorary freemen of the borough
List of public parks and open spaces including acres for each etc |