 The visitor to Oldham will find it essentially a mean @-@ looking straggling town , built upon both sides and crowning the ridge of one of the outlying spurs which branch from Manchester , the neighbouring ' backbone of England ' . The whole place has a shabby underdone look . The general appearance of the operatives ' houses is filthy and smouldering . 
 The visitor to Oldham will find it essentially a mean @-@ looking straggling town , built upon both sides and crowning the ridge of one of the outlying spurs which branch from Manchester , the neighbouring <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>backbone of England ' . The whole place <a href='got' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> a shabby underdone look . The general appearance of the operatives <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'</mark></a>houses <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>filthy and smouldering . 
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