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Beever Street, OLDHAM, OL1 3TD

Only the ground floor of this three storey building are currently occupied. Before becoming Frango's this was Fusion 21. Before that the right hand portion had been Kava and the left hand portion the site office for Westshield. Before Westshield that part had been The Hair Lounge. Around 2012 the right hand side was called Langham House. In 2009 the building was home to a photography studio Xpressions. All the adjoining buildings towards Yorkshire Street were demolished around 2016. There are plans to convert the upper storeys into apartments.

Metrolink Bombardier tram number 3024 waits at the new Oldham Mumps Interchange on the route from Rochdale to Manchester and Didsbury.

Looking west from the new Mumps tram stop.

Metrolink Bombardier tram number 3024 pulls into the new Oldham Mumps Interchange on the route from Rochdale to Manchester and Didsbury.

Built in 1938 to house the growing municipal bus fleet when the trams were being replaced, and now operated by First Group. The building to the right houses modern offices, but stands on the site of the original electric tram depot. This view has only recently become available with the demolition of buildings on the plot in the foreground.

The building in the background was until lately a branch of NatWest, built originally for the Manchester and County Bank, later County Bank until its incorporation into the District Bank. It dates from 1902-3 and is Listed Grade II.

This replaced the original Oldham Mumps tram stop which was on the route of the former railway line. In this direction trams go on to the Shaw & Crompton stop, with many continuing to the Rochdale Town Centre terminus. Photographed on a very wet Saturday afternoon in late October.

A railway line from Manchester to Oldham was opened in 1847. In 1863 the line was extended to Rochdale. Railway operations ended on 3 October 2009, and the Oldham Loop Line was closed for conversion to Matrolink. The line was completely rebuilt, with all of the former infrastructure, including the former stations and station buildings demolished, and replaced, and overhead wiring added. The line was re-opened in phases: Tram services started on 13 June 2012 between Manchester and Oldham Mumps: As a temporary measure, until the town centre line was completed, the former railway line through Oldham Mumps was retained, and a temporary tram stop constructed in place of the former railway station. A permanent stop called Oldham Mumps was later opened on the town centre line in a different location. Services were extended to Shaw and Crompton on 16 December 2012, and to Rochdale Railway Station on 28 February 2013. The Oldham town centre line opened on 27 January 2014, allowing the section of former railway line, and temporary stop at Oldham Mumps to be permanently closed. The Rochdale town centre line opened on 31 March 2014.

Pickwicks is a wine bar. Sky Sports is available and it has a meeting/function room.