 During the 19th century the circus was a popular entertainment in Oldham ; Pablo <unk> 's circus was a regular visitor , filling a 3 @,@ 000 @-@ seat amphitheatre on <unk> in 1869 . <unk> for its lack of a cinema , there are plans to develop an " Oldham West End " . Oldham has a thriving bar and night club culture , attracting a significant number of young people into the town centre . Oldham 's " hard binge drinking culture " has been criticised however for conveying a negative regional image of the town . 
