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…
Category: North West
Strata Brass: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 01 December 2019
Superb concert with great solo performances and a Christmas set with a difference In the words of their mercurial Musical Director Jonathan Bates, it has been quite a while since Strata Brass Band ever had a concert at Boarshurst Band Club. The last time they performed there, they were probably known as Hoyland Town Band….
Old Trafford Match Bus Reinstated
Temporary restoration of 255F route in time for Manchester United versus Aston Villa Though players and managers may come and go, the same can seldom be said with bus routes. On Sunday, the 255F match bus from Piccadilly Gardens to Old Trafford will be reinstated on a trial basis.
Ten Good Reasons to Love Lancashire: The Not So Perfect Ten
Ten things that make Lancashire stand out from many other English counties Where is Lancashire? Is it the present-day county that has been chipped away by the 1974 Local Government Act and the later creation of Unitary Authorities? Or, if you go to the Friends of Real Lancashire website, is it the historic county that…
St. John’s Band (Mossley): Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 24 November 2019
Another superb concert from Paul Towle and Co. Was it really thirteen months ago since Paul Towle made his début as Musical Director for St. John’s Band (Mossley)? During his first visit as M.D., the Roughtown band were drafted in at short notice to replace Stalybridge Old Band. Last October’s concert was a cracking one….
25 Years a Celt: Why I Would Still Want to See The Mighty Stalybridge Celtic in 2044
After six weeks without a home game, Stalybridge Celtic need your support more than ever On Saturday 23 November 2019, Stalybridge Celtic will end a six-week gap without a home game. Since the 2019 – 2020 season began, the ‘Bridge have only played seven home games in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. Of those…
Eagley Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club (17 November 2019)
A most entertaining night of brass band music from Christopher Wormald and Co. Last night, Eagley Band made what was their first visit to Boarshurst Band Club since records began. For Christopher Wormald, his previous visit to The Mecca of Brass Banding was with Hoover Bolton band. Apart from a nineteen-year hiatus, he has been…
Christmas Spirit Sees Stalybridge Civic Hall at its Best
Two go mad and sell cards and books at a packed artisan market in Victoria Market Hall, Stalybridge “…But London is out of comparison quite with Stalybridge Market on a Saturday night…” – Stalybridge Market, The Fivepenny Piece (1973). Much of the disappointment of some readers or visitors, there were no cockles and mussels for…
North Manchester Bus Fare Changes: Why Three is a Tragic Number
First/Diamond/Go North West ticketing agreement ends in New Year For Greater Mancunian bus, train, and tram passengers, there is nothing peculiar about the 02 January 2020. As it is the first working day of 2020, it is at that point of the year when our bus, train and tram fares go up.
Rochdale Borough Youth Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club (03 November 2019)
A truly spectacular concert that put many open age bands to shame Less than a month after the Dobcross Youth Band wowed audiences, another great youth band took to the stage at Boarshurst Band Club. Last night, it was the turn of Rochdale Borough Youth Band, one of four brass ensembles within Rochdale MBC’s Music…
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, November 2019: The Ashton Review of Shops
This month’s window on the shop windows Tameside remembers the fallen; Bonmarché enters into administration; Plus all the usual retail movements from The Rising Sun to The Fletchers Arms. With winter on its way, our town centres should be preparing for the Christmas rush. In the next month, we shall be awaiting the Lantern Parade…
John Nield Conservatory Saved? Could Demolition Threat Be Averted?
Future of Stamford Park’s Conservatory lies in balance After an initial stay of execution, the future of John Nield Conservatory in Stamford Park still lies in the balance. If demolition went ahead this summer, the iconic conservatory would have been replaced by a manicured garden, which would have opened in September this year.
