Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan’s stunning album It is a shame that so few great bands have named themselves after civic functions. The only one that springs to mind is The Chicago Transit Authority. They dropped the Transit Authority bit when they started climbing up the charts. After 1976’s If You Leave Me Now, their […]
Read More Interim Report, March 1979: A Beat of the M60 Music ReviewThis month’s reopened window on the shop windows For the second time this year, our window on the Tameside shop windows has been delayed. There is a good reason for this, we have deferred this month’s edition to tie in with this coming Monday’s events. Confused? Well you shouldn’t be, because on Monday 12 April […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, April 2021: The Ashton Review of ShopsEXCLUSIVE: Multi-Million Private Sector capital scheme to transform Mossley and Saddleworth The pandemic has been disastrous for our hospitality industry. Pubs have been closed for over a year with some facing depubification. With Brexit in full swing and many countries off limits to Britons thanks to COVID-19, the British tourism industry have changed the definition […]
Read More New Ski Resort Set to Bolster Tameside TourismIs the future orange and white or pink with yellow spots? Unless we know different by the end of May, we shall be bracing ourselves for a new era of franchised bus operations by 2025. There will be endless chat on social media and blogs as to what bus routes will change, the fares, the […]
Read More What Colour for Greater Manchester’s BusesMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham goes for Bus Franchising Scheme Nearly four years after he was elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham stuck to his pledge to reform Greater Manchester’s buses. Following a second consultation, he made his announcement at 1440 beside Stand E of Ashton-under-Lyne Interchange. The Free Trade Experiment with […]
Read More Franchised Buses Get The Green LightBrownfield funding source sees return of plans to move Droylsden library to Guardsmen Tony Downes House Back in 2015, Tameside MBC began a consultation to move Droylsden Library from its existing premises to the ground floor of Guardsmen Tony Downes House. As I attended a creative writing group there (and fell in love with the […]
Read More Droylsden Library Move Back On TrackThis month’s semi-reopened window on the shop windows This month will see some sense of normality returning to our High Streets – or at least plans pointing us towards a sense of normality. The first part of this post-pandemic ‘reopening’ will begin with our schools. According to the Government’s Roadmap, non-essential retail businesses will be […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, March 2021: The Ashton Review of ShopsIconic 999kHz and 1152kHz wavelengths to go in North West “In the North West, you know what’s best…” “We thank you for sharing your days with us/For The Best Hit Music with a smile/Whatever the time of day or night, your music and your friend…” If you are older than 30 years old, there’s every […]
Read More Greatest Hits Radio Ditches MW FrequenciesThis month’s semi-reopened (AND SLIGHTLY LATE RUNNING) window on the shop windows As we speak, we are now into the second month of what is our third lockdown in England. Once again, non-essential retail premises remain closed, as do our public houses. With recent good news on the COVID-19 vaccines and a drop in the […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, February 2021: The Ashton Review of ShopsEver wondered which hill is which in Stalybridge? Our guide might help you There is a certain mystique about the Pennine foothills that frame Stalybridge, Mossley and Dukinfield. Especially when you leave the centre of Stalybridge proper towards the wilderness. A ‘wilderness’ that is accessible from the town centre on public and private transport, foot […]
Read More From Buckton Castle to Harrop Edge: A Very Rough Guide to Stalybridge’s Hills
