The Oldham Tinkers has been played on NTS shows including NTS Guide to…, with Owden Edge first played on 9 October 2021.

The Oldham Tinkers is an English folk group founded in 1965 by John Howarth and the brothers Larry Kearns (died 2016) and Gerry Kearns in the Highfield and Park pub in Waterloo Street, Oldham. Dave Howard joined the trio after Larry Kearns became too ill.