Where Greater Manchester’s mayoral candidates stand on the city region’s transport issues Transport is an emotive issue in Greater Manchester. From the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, to the Metrolink’s Second City Crossing, it is intertwined in the city’s fabric. For some, it is the story of failed hopes; ping pong between local and…
Month: April 2017
Ashton-under-Lyne Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
A class act under Chalk and Co. St. George’s Day saw the arrival of Ashton-under-Lyne Band who brought us a great concert at the Boarshurst Band Club. In front of a packed audience, Philip Chalk’s Championship Section band gave us all a stunning concert. The balance between entertaining straightforward pieces and meaty yet entertaining pieces was spot…
It’s Up the Poll! 2017: Voting for your Greater Manchester Mayoral Candidate
How the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election uses the Supplementary Vote system If you’ve received your copy of the 4 May booklet through the post, you will have read the statements of each candidate. Instead of sending you a clump of leaflets through the post, they have added all the leaflets inside a nifty A5 booklet,…
It’s Up the Poll! 2017: Tameside’s Elections
East of the M60’s preview of this year’s elections of mayoral and general varieties A look ahead towards this year’s possible General Election; A preview of the Mayoral Election. Subject to a Commons vote, the people of Tameside could be voting in two elections within the space of a month. What is definitely going ahead are…
BMP (Europe) Goodshaw Band: Easter Sunday Brass at Boarshurst Band Club
An egg-citing programme makes for a joyous concert Over in Saddleworth and Tameside, this Easter weekend was punctuated by grey skies and weather more akin to early February. The joys of spring – present in most parts of the UK south of Stoke-on-Trent – were woefully absent. In spite of this, the warmest reception was…
Oldham and Saddleworth Bus Service Changes, April 2017
FirstGroup reorganisation and tender changes behind latest updates This month will see a few tender changes, albeit with some drastic cuts to their journeys. The already bricked-to-the-point-of-uselessness 408 service will take a battering for one. As for wanting a late night pint at The Fleece Inn in Mossley, you can forget that unless the 350 bus…
Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, April 2017
Subtle changes but Stalybridge and Dukinfield passengers at sharpest end of two major changes Minimal changes to First services, in spite of depot closure; Cuts to evening journeys of 340 service; 169 service curtailed on weekdays and Saturdays; First and Stagecoach retimings. For passengers within the Tameside and Glossop area, the biggest story behind this…
Uppermill Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
A delightful concert with a good mix of traditional and entertaining pieces You could be forgiven for thinking that the phrase “after the Mayor’s show” would have applied to yesterday’s visitors, after last week’s gig with Hammonds Saltaire Band. Our guests, Uppermill Band, shook off that tag and asserted themselves very well with an entertaining performance.
Metrolink’s Silver Jubilee: 25 Things About Our Light Rail System
Twenty-five things you may have forgotten about Greater Manchester’s trams Where were you on the 06 April 1992? For me, it was a bog standard Monday. I was in Second Year – officially Year Eight – at All Saints R.C. High School. With hindsight, I should have bunked off school and caught a 220 bus to Victoria…
Hammond Saltaire Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
A class act from start to finish Say no more. If you went to the Boarshurst Band Club yesterday [02 April], you witnessed a virtuoso performance by Hammonds Saltaire Band. For the same price as two pints a lager, the Championship section band gave us all a magnificent concert. One that concluded a memorable weekend of…
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, April 2017: The Ashton Review of Shops
This month’s window on the shop windows Ashton arrivals and departures; ‘Spoons’ Stalybridge expansion; NatWest to close Droylsden branch; Plus all the usual retail movements. A real contrast to last month, but some activity at the Arcades and Ladysmith shopping centres have set the agenda.
