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Is this a photograph of James Johnson?
During the research for my book “A Victorian Society”, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Oldham Photographic Society, we came across a photograph in the archives which was most unusual, being a portrait of a man of African descent, taken in the late 1860s or early 1870s. The photographer was a founding member of…
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The Adrian Deaville Memorial Competition
On 21st March 2024, four clubs, Rochdale PS, Rochdale &DCC, Oldham CC and Oldham PS came together, once again, to remember a young photographer and friend, Adrian Deaville, who tragically died in an air crash on 23rd March 1994. Adrian worked at the camera shops in Oldham and Rochdale and the competition was begun by…