Oldham was a former County Borough Brigade absorbed in to the new Greater Manchester County on 1 April 1974.
ERF HPV TXJ647K still carrying the yellow booms
from Manchester City days.
[NP collection ~ courtesy A Collier]
Though delivered to Manchester City Fire Brigade,
TXJ647K was on the run at Oldham in this picture
[NP collection ~ courtesy A Collier]
Looking very smart HCB-Angus bodied Ford NVM179P
was seen in the station yard.
[NP collection ~ courtesy A Collier]
At a time when almost the entire fleet was
Ford, OVU857R was also allocated to Oldham, where it was seen at the old
station.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
In the late 1970s Oldham received a pair of
Dennis RS131s EVM947T & EVM948T both illustrated above.
[Copyright pictures ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Shelvoke & Drewry HPV BVM544Y adds to the
variety of ariel appliances based here.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
HPV BVM544Y again in the later livery.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
A650OJA was the first Dodge G13C allocated
here.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
It was paired with A651OJA
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
A second pair of Dodges with the Renualt badge
followed with F37HND & F38HND seen in the station yard.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Dodge F38HND was seen again this time carrying
what became the standard liver.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Yet another ariel appliance from Oldham, Renault-Dodge
G16L G199SRJ was seen in the station yard.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Volvo FL6 M696NNC was seen at the rear of the
station.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Oldham's second Volvo FL6 M697NNC was seen here when brand new.