The Eric Oldham Legacy Collection

This book features many photographs and paintings produced by Eric Oldham from the 1940s until the 1980s. Although he was an accomplished photographer much of his work has not been published before. Having trained at Art College where a successful career in art beckoned, family circumstances dictated that instead Eric took over the family confectionery business in Hyde, Cheshire, where he became a Master Baker. The material contained in this book shows that he was also a Master Photographer and Master Artist! Eric joined the prestigious Railway Photographic Society in 1950 and was appointed an Honorary Member of the Guild of Railway Artists for his work in helping set up the Guild. John Hillier first met Eric during his school days in Hyde and Eric guided him during John’s formative photographic years. After Eric’s passing, John and Eric’s nephew, John Oldham, made contact and both felt that the collection of photographs and paintings deserved a larger audience, and this book is the result.