Why Andy Burnham has moved one step closer to bus franchising and how this affects Tameside Greater Manchester is one step closer to seeing off Nicholas Ridley’s free market experiment. A free market experiment that has seen a 45% drop in bus patronage in Greater Manchester. An experiment which has seen swingeing cuts to the…
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Mossley Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club (23 June 2019)
Mossley Band impress in glorious concert with lively atmosphere In the last three years, The Mecca of Brass Banding has played host to more appearances from St. John’s (Mossley) Band than other two Mossley bands. Long overdue was the Mossley Band’s visit to Boarshurst Band Club. Being as it had been several years since their…
How Gruffalo and Mouse Entertained Manchester Children’s Hospital Patients
Stagecoach Manchester marks ten years of fundraising with the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital charity You could say that the book and the service bus were made for each other. Some operators have a library on their services where a small selection of books can be borrowed from a luggage hold. Before on-board WiFi became the…
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 02 June 2019
The greatest Sunday Brass Night of 2019? We think so. We are not even half way through 2019 and so far, this year has seen several amazing Sunday Brass Nights. Our roll call includes Elland Silver, Hammonds, Leyland, and Sale Brass bands. Raising the bar even higher last night was Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band’s…
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, June 2019: The Ashton Review of Shops
This month’s window on the shop windows Excellent start for Tameside Young Traders’ Market; Ashton-under-Lyne’s Top Shop/Topman store to close after 35 years; The return of a legendary Stalybridge pub – on a new site; Plus all the usual retail movements from Littlemoss to Broadbottom. Had it not been for the successful Tameside Young Traders’…
Official! It Is Now Easier to Travel from Wigan to North Korea than to Dukinfield*
Why a Wigan travel company is offering an inclusive train tour from Wigan North Western to Pyongyang A wee while back we looked at a 1976 Nationwide clip on Oldham MBC’s drive to promote Oldham as a tourist attraction. We looked at how you could spend a week in Oldham town centre and its surrounding…
The Return of the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn
Iconic Stalybridge pub to rise from the dead on a new site 2019 is set to be one hell of a year on this planet of ours. Britain is supposed to be leaving the European Union. Manchester City have achieved the first domestic treble in English footballing history. Game of Thrones has also ended its…
Leyland Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 19 May 2019
Stunning concert sees Leyland Band firing on all four cylinders Completing the hat trick of Championship Section bands at Boarshurst Band Club last night was a right humdinger of a concert. Thomas Wyss’ Leyland Band gave its live and streamed audience a night to savour. There was four great soloists and a programme that offered…
Wired For Sound! Audio Visual Announcement Trial for Stockport Bus Routes
Stagecoach Manchester to experiment with audio visual announcements on 23 and 325 services If you travel by train, tram, or tube, you may be familiar with the sight of audio visual displays on your usual journey. Your friendly LED display might say “Next stop, Cockfosters” or “the next stop is Ashton-under-Lyne where this service terminates”.
A Brief History of Teen Travel in Greater Manchester
Who remembers Greater Manchester’s previous attempts at wooing teenagers onto the bus? Over the last week, details of Andy Burnham’s Opportunity Pass have been revealed in the Manchester Evening News and on the GetMeThere website. From the 01 September, young people aged 16 to 18 years old – so long as they produce a smart…
Milnrow Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 12 May 2019
Another great night of brass band music with Dennis Hadfield and Co. With the Spring Festival in Blackpool less than a week away, Milnrow Band gave us a great curtain raiser to their appearance in the Winter Gardens. This was a concert with talent by the bucketload: not only in terms of musicality, but also…
Greenfield Station Snubbed in Access For All Funding Scheme
Why is Greenfield station – the only railway station in Oldham Council boundaries – still inaccessible for mobility impaired passengers? The Trans-Pennine route via Huddersfield should be given the same level of importance as the West Coast Main Line. Or at least any commuter route in the South East of England. Between Manchester and Huddersfield…
