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		<title>More Lost Bus Routes of Greater Manchester: The Not So Perfect 10</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/more-lost-bus-routes-of-greater-manchester-the-not-so-perfect-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I wrote the first installment of &#8216;Lost Bus Routes of Greater Manchester&#8217;, there has already been a favourable response in terms of comments and visitor numbers. This has prompted me to continue the series further. With the fluid nature of bus routes since deregulation began over 23 years ago, it has made for fascinating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=255&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Stamford Road Shuttle Scandal</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/the-great-stamford-road-shuttle-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anger as Top Mossley residents are cut off from outside world by road closure.
When&#8217;s the best time to close a main road for roadworks: Christmas Day? Half Term holidays? The rush hour? Christmas Day would of the three as most people would be sat at home scoffing turkey and listening to this year&#8217;s X Factor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=252&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nodding Donkeys: Greater Manchester&#8217;s Love/Hate Relationship with the Class 142 Pacer Unit</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/nodding-donkeys-greater-manchesters-lovehate-relationship-with-the-class-142-pacer-unit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[British Rail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An irreverent history of the much maligned lightweight DMU
Few trains epitomise Greater Manchester&#8217;s rocky relationship with the rails other than the Class 142 Pacer unit. Making their debut in the summer of 1985 at Newton Heath depot, the Pacer units did not have the best of starts. They were unreliable enough to have been replaced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=250&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Route 53 Expert: Rebellious Mixtape #2</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/route-53-expert-rebellious-mixtape-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special mixtape to celebrate 40 years since the formation of SELNEC PTE40 years ago came one of the most revolutionary reforms to public transport management in the Greater Manchester area. As per Barbara Castle&#8217;s 1968 Transport Act, part of this legislation involved the formation of Conurbation Transport Authorities. These would have powers to control [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=248&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tameside service changes: October 2009</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/tameside-service-changes-october-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another tumultous month awaits us&#8230;

S50 to run between Mossley and Ashton only;
Monday &#8211; Friday daytime 41/337/343 services taken over by First;
389 curtailed to Gee Cross.

The school holidays are already over and the next few weeks are going to be far from dull indeed for Tameside based bus enthusiasts.
After the last Bank Holiday, a major change [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=236&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The (Not So) Mysterious Death of a Provincial Theatre</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/the-not-so-mysterious-death-of-a-provincial-theatre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mancunian1001</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 13,000 plus friends on Facebook favouring its retention, support from beyond the Tameside boundaries and celebrities, Tameside Hippodrome must have had a fighting chance of being saved.
It wasn&#8217;t to be.
History accounted for nothing the day when Tameside Hippodrome was given its last rites. Despite having graced the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Ken Dodd and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=240&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zen and the Art of Recreational Bus Travel</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/zen-and-the-art-of-recreational-bus-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Buses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a fair number of us weary commuters, travelling on any form of public transport is an ordeal.  Whether its overcrowded trains, high fares or slow journey times, it brings out the inner grouch in us.  Such manifestations of this may lead us to yearn for a 1950s utopia of steam trains, short pants and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=238&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hell Hath No Fury Like A Tram Passenger Scorned</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-tram-passenger-scorned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A muse on Manchester Metrolink&#8217;s Week of Misery
Before I begin my journey into work does not require any use of the Metrolink system.  I prefer the less frequent though often more comfortable train which runs parallel with the tram.  It takes a more scenic route and is less crowded. I find the trams a poor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=228&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dude, Where&#8217;s My Pub: Who Closed It Down?</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/dude-wheres-my-pub-who-closed-it-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was it: a) HM Government; b) Thatcher; c) The pub companies; or d) The supermarket chains&#8230;?

Before I start, it is best in convivial company not to discuss political issues within the walls of your local pub. This article breaks a multitude of rules by discussing pub politics. Assuming you may be reading this in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=226&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hooray, Hooray, It&#8217;s an Autie Holiday</title>
		<link>http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/hooray-hooray-its-an-autie-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five &#8216;must read&#8217; autism spectrum books and five &#8216;must read&#8217; Aspie/Geek Chic books for the summer
Despite running the risk of turning this subject into an adaptation of the Boney M song, this focuses on essential reading material for the summer holidays.  If you&#8217;ve not already booked your holidays, this little article is for you.
One major [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mancunian1001.wordpress.com&blog=357818&post=224&subd=mancunian1001&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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