The history of Oldham Photographic Society, news pages from 2003-2008 and archive features are to be found in the sub-menus of this section.
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Archived News
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The archive is still being built, so come back and check for more.
Here is the result of a questionnaire held in 2008 and gives an insight into members’…
Members strike gold in Austria
OPS Members win gold medals at the Austrian Super Circuit 2004
The Austrian Super Circuit is the biggest of the FIAP supported international photographic competitions.
This year, there was a record entry of 72,000 photographs (prints and slides)…
News 2003
May 2003
L&CPU (Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union) Annual Competitions – May 2003 – OPS members competed against 55 other clubs in the L&CPU and took joint second place in the colour section, third place in nature, joint fourth in monochrome…
News 2004
January The new season began with a lot of hard work for a few committee members. with plans for two major events underway. The Uppermill Exhibition will be called “Circles of Confusion” – an idea which John W originally suggested and caught the imagination…
News 2005
January I wonder why this seems like deja vue?…the new season began with plans for this year’s Uppermill Exhibition beginning on 18th March with a special opening and preview night, which will once again be called “Circles of Confusion” – this year…
News 2006
January The New Year began with a treat from Anthony Pioli with a well received talk on nature photography. Tony has a fine record in entering the BPE Exhibitions circuit, where he has been rewarded by a high number of acceptances and medals over the…
News 2007
Awards for All
We were successful in our Awards for All bid and with the award we bought a digital projector, computer and sound equipment. We took a show to three venues in the borough during spring 2007; St George’s Church Hall, Chadderton, the Radclyffe…
News 2008
Oldham PS News 2008
NB From May 2008, OPS news items are now reported in our Blog pages.
February
Three of our members, Maureen Glynn, Mike Lawrence and Christine Widdall were awarded the AFIAP – that is the Internationally recognised…
Founding of the Society
Oldham Photographic Society (OPS) was formed in 1867 and was one of the earliest photographic societies in the World. Of those early-formed societies, many only lasted a few months or years before disbanding or amalgamating with other societies and c…
Oldham Archives
If you wish to research further into the history of the Oldham Photographic Society, our archive is held by Oldham Local Studies and Archives. At the present time we are collecting additional material, through our research for the 150th celebration, …