Like many of you I’ve got great memories attending events over the years, and even the tinsel added to the occasion.
Personally, I’m going to miss the QE Hall, and the Civic Centre for that matter. It is ‘of it’s time’, but then everything is. It was built to bring the newly created borough together and together with the councils former HQ itself were a feature of Oldham for generations.
It will be used for the final time on 10th May, drawing to a close nearly 50 years of use.
Progress moves on, and the new ‘The Loom’ venue will help bring the footfall into the heart of the town centre and help to fill the void left in the Town Square Shopping Centre as a result of changing shopping demand, so that’s to be welcomed and I wish it every success.
Thanks for everything QE Hall, you’ve done a great public service over the years!
Jim McMahon OBE MP 