Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, December 2019: The Ashton Review of Shops

This month’s window on the shop windows

• Small Business Saturday;
• Christmas cheer across the borough;
• Plus all the usual retail movements from the Half Way House to The Dysarts Arms.

A certain singer would have said at this point of the year “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” This year, due to a General Election falling on this month, isn’t your normal run-up to The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

Another Brass Band Advent Calendar: 7. Blue Moon

Gordon Langford’s arrangement of Richard Rodgers’ iconic song

• Piece: Blue Moon;
• Composer: Richard Rodgers;
• Arranger: Gordon Langford.

For the seventh door, we have chosen a classic song by Richard Rodgers, which has been covered by Elvis Presley, The Platters and The Marcels. It has been adopted by supporters of a certain Manchester club as their song for well over thirty years.