Selling Runcorn By The Pound: 18. I Bet We Couldn’t Eat Three!

East of the M60’s 2021 Advent Calendar looks at Welwyn Garden City, the home of Shredded Wheat

The first of Britain’s New Towns were built on the Garden City principles espoused by Ebenezer Howard. At the start of the 20th Century, the idea of Garden Cities was to give residents spacious parks and open spaces, whilst having the facilities of a medium-sized town the size of (say) Huddersfield.

Selling Runcorn By The Pound: 17. Something Cheap and Cheerful

East of the M60’s 2021 Advent Calendar looks at an advert for Fairhill Shopping Centre

Local adverts with the production values of a packet of Haribo Starmix is something we miss these days. At one time you used to have a static ten-second advert for a local car dealers or a newsagent’s shop. Instead of using their own voiceover artist, they would use the channel’s own continuity announcers. For example, an advertisement for Wood’s Music Shop in Huddersfield would have been voiced by Yorkshire Television’s John Crosse or Paul Lally. (Or if you’re lucky, Redvers Kyle).

The Joy of 600s: A Not So Perfect Ten Special

East of the M60’s 600th post

Where did the time go? Did I used to have a life before I began blogging? To be honest I still do (how on earth do I manage to write the other 599 posts).

Right, that’s enough of the histrionics, time to go back on track…

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For our 600th post, East of the M60 has devoted this to the 600 bus route. Or rather, Wigan’s 600 route and a cast of nine others. Our 600 routes are as follows:

1. Halifax – Ovenden Way – Nursery Lane (Halifax Bus Company);
2. Wigan – Ashton-in-Makerfield – Golborne – Leigh (Stagecoach Wigan);
3. Erdington and Brookvale Circular (Blue Diamond);
4. Carlisle – Wigton – Cockermouth (Stagecoach in Cumbria);
5. Thornhill Park and Ride – Churchill Hospital (Thames Travel);
6. Two Waters [Bus Garage] – Chaulden (Arriva Shires and Essex);
7. Hatfield Business Park – Hatfield Railway Station (Uno);
8. Belfast, Europa Buscentre – George Best Belfast City Airport (Translink);
9. Bathgate – Blackburn – Whitburn Circular (Passenger Travel);
10. Cardigan – Quay West (Cymbdeithas Cludiant Gwledig Presli Rural Transport Association).

Let’s board, tender our exact fare and enjoy the ride.