Chadderton, Oldham, Gtr Manchester - Coalshaw Green Park - art postcard c.1990s

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• Picture / Image:  Coalshaw Green Park in Spring, [Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester]
• Publisher: Dr Kershaw's Hospice
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Coalshaw Green is a locality in the town of Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester.

It is a former hamlet located in the south east of the township around the junction of Turf Lane and Drury Lane, and is contiguous with Butler Green, Whitegate and Hollinwood.

Coalshaw Green Park, which opened in 1911, is Chadderton's oldest public park. It comprises a formal park and, until 2017, adjoining playing fields.^[1]

The Chadderton Cricket & Bowling Club, known locally as 'The Big Cot', is a long-standing social club in the area.^[2]

Coalshaw Green is also the location of South Chadderton Metrolink station.

In December 1908, Chadderton Urban District Council were informed that Miss Marjorie Lees of Werneth Park, Oldham, was offering to give them £3,113 wherewith to purchase a plot of land from the Trustees of C. E. Lees, her late father. This would be a memorial in his honour. The Council, in accepting the gift on behalf of the inhabitants of Chadderton, gave their 'sincere and hearty thanks … for her most generous offer.' The land, comprising about 11 acres [4.5 hectares] lay between the Werneth to Hollinwood railway line and Coalshaw Green Road, and ran from Stanley Road to the now-demolished Rose Mill. It was to be used as a recreation ground for children and adults for all time, with 'no tipping of refuse to take place there.'

The park was officially opened by Miss Lees, using a gold key, on 25 May 1912 in the presence of Councillor Joseph Hilton, Chairman of the Urban District Council, and other dignitaries. Before the ceremony, a large procession led by Chadderton Brass Band, made its way from Stanley Road School through streets bedecked with flags. Coalshaw Green, the first public recreation ground in Chadderton, was totally renovated in 1998, and was the first of the town's three major parks to receive a Green Flag award. Much of its redevelopment in recent years has been due to the enthusiasm of Barbara Wilson MBE, and her dedicated group of 'Friends' of the park.^[9]

March 2015 saw the opening of a skate park in Coalshaw Green Park. Built at a cost of almost £160,000, the skatepark is open to skateboarders, scooters, cyclists and roller skaters and is accessible by able-bodied and disabled skaters.^[10][11] Further improvements including the provision of new tennis and basketball courts were announced in June 2016.^[12]