Oldham is a community of the
Halifax Regional Municipality in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Nova Scotia. It was named for
Oldham in the
Greater Manchester area.
Oldham was a gold mining community in the 1930s and 1940s. It is located about 2.5 km from the local town of Enfield. Oldham was a place for travellers to stop while en route from the Guysbrough Rd to Enfield, Halifax, and other surrounding areas.
The family name Cole is prominent in the community with many other family names such as Whidden, Chaplin, Graham, Miuse, McPhail, Dowell, Dunfords, Publicover, Browns, Reeves. Many families are related to each other and Oldham is a tight-knit community. Baseball and hockey were also games that the kids would play on the dirt road and in the fields.
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