The presents of Christmas’ past , ‘yours at the Special TV Offer Price of just £29.99…’ From the 01 December 2013 right up to Christmas Eve, East of the M60’s second Advent Calendar (because 2012 was an Advent Quiz) will take a different dimension. This time, it will celebrate/ridicule the type of stuff we requested for Christmas. Most […]
Read More Did I Really Want One of Those? East of the M60’s 2013 Advent CalendarHow Leyland’s revolutionary single decker began 42 years of National service within Greater Manchester For your maximum enjoyment, this article is best read in conjunction with the Not So Perfect Ten article on Experimental SELNEC and GMT Buses Since 1969. Thank you. For many people, 1971 meant Decimalisation, hot pants and T-Rex. In the bus […]
Read More EX30 and Beyond: Greater Manchester and the Leyland NationalGreater Manchester operator wins Best UK Operator and Best City Operator awards The eighteenth UK Bus Awards was a memorable one for Stagecoach Manchester, who walked away with two awards at London’s prestigious Hilton Hotel [Park Lane] today. GMS Buses’ forerunners have already been commended and have won smaller awards in previous events. This time, they have […]
Read More Double Delight for Stagecoach Manchester at 18th UK Bus AwardsTwo streets named after building systems Every town centre has a number of streets named after local councillors, MPs and landmarks. Some housing estates have streets named after picturesque locations or battles (for instance, Tintern or Gallipoli).
Read More Down Our Streets #2: Along Self Aggrandisement AvenueGreater Manchester bus employees honoured in annual awards dinner Thirty-nine members of staff have been recognised at Stagecoach Manchester’s annual Long Service Awards, where they celebrated more than 1,200 years collective service. They were honoured at the Lowry Hotel, Salford and congratulated by former GMPTE chief Roger Jones with a gift of their own choice.
Read More Forty Not Out! Stagecoach Manchester Employees Recognised For Long ServiceEast of the M60 visits Rochdale’s new bus station This Sunday saw a new chapter in Rochdale’s transport history with the opening of Rochdale Interchange’s bus station. It improves on its predecessor with twelve stands under one roof, and an entrance with waiting area – ideal for Town Taxi’s cabs and the forthcoming Metrolink line […]
Read More In Pictures Special: Hello to Rochdale InterchangeThe foolish man built his house upon the marsh… If you visited Rochdale in the mid to late 1970s and had an interest in modernist and brutalist architecture, you were in for a treat. As well as its soon to be demolished bus station, you could place its brown clad shopping centre. You knew you […]
Read More Reality Estates That The Heroes Got: 3. Ashfield Valley, RochdaleNon-standard vehicle types of the SELNEC and Greater Manchester Transport eras When SELNEC came to being on the 01 November 1969, it inherited a mix of different vehicles from its precursors. Its biggest constituent brought us the Mancunian style Leyland Atlanteans and Daimler Fleetlines, whereas its smallest one would order the last front engine double […]
Read More Experimental SELNEC and GMT Buses Since 1969: The Not So Perfect TenReddish brewery’s bitter set for House of Commons bar Another one of our local breweries is set to grace the Commons’ bar. This week, it will be the turn of Reddish’s Ringway Brewery.
Read More Ringway Brewery Cleared For WestminsterTameside MBC set to outsource dog fouling fines collection From next year, one borough east of the M60 motorway is set to dish its dirt to a private contractor. Literally.
Read More Could It Be G4Mess? Illicit Dog Fouling Soon To Be Privatised
