This month’s quarantined window on the shop windows Once again, this month’s edition of the Ashton Review of Shops will be an unusual one. This, for obvious reasons, is thanks to the Coronavirus situation which has affected our businesses as well as our shopping habits. In spite of this, some of our High Street businesses…
Category: Shopping
The Lost Hypermarket: An A to Z of Long Lost Brands
Lost items from our supermarket shelves If you have spent more than four decades on this planet, you will have seen many shops go the way of dinosaurs. Not a single day goes by without there being a “Do You Remember the Woolworths Pick and Mix” counter or “School Puddings” meme. I have yet to…
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, April 2020: The Ashton Review of Shops
This month’s quarantined window on the shop windows This month’s edition of the Ashton Review of Shops will be an unusual one, thanks to the Coronavirus situation which has affected our businesses as well as our shopping habits. Therefore, this edition, and subsequent editions of The Ashton Review of Shops till the end of the…
Great Service, Great Sets: Remembering the TV Rental Shop: The Lost Precinct
The Lost Precinct looks at a retail business model that has gone the way of the dinosaurs In my 40+ years existence on this planet, I have seen the loss of many a retail business model at the expense of another one. During my formative years, it was private video shops and television rental shops…
Arcades Shopping Centre to Cut Opening Hours: Ashton Review of Shops Extra
Sunday trading hours to apply seven days a week at popular shopping centre From Monday 23 March, the Arcades Shopping Centre will see a marked reduction in its daily opening hours. At present, the shopping centre is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays and Saturdays, with Sunday opening from 10am to 4pm.
Concessionary Fare Changes: No Charge Before 9.30 am in Greater Manchester
Peak hour restrictions lifted on buses and trams If you know somebody with a concessionary pass, or have one yourself, Transport for Greater Manchester has lifted AM peak restrictions on buses and trams.
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, March 2020: The Ashton Review of Shops
This month’s window on the shop windows Denton Wellness Centre opens; Historic pub under threat in Godley; Plus all the usual retail movements from the Top Dog to the Joshua Bradley. Welcome to the third Ashton Review of Shops for 2020, the last of the 2019 – 2020 financial year. This month’s bulletin sees our…
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, February 2020: The Ashton Review of Shops
This month’s window on the shop windows Retirement leads to closure of popular Stalybridge shop; Iconic Audenshaw public house faces demolition; Plus all the usual retail movements from the Half Way House to Arnfield Towers. Welcome to the second Ashton Review of Shops for 2020, which would also be the first one since leaving the…
Foodie Markets: Gentrification or a Valid Regeneration Scheme?
Why the general retail market is an important fixture in our High Streets Over the last decade, retail sales figures have been gravely affected by the dual onslaught of online shopping and stagnant wages. With the former, it is cheaper for some households to stay at home and pay the online retailer’s delivery charges instead…
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, January 2020: The Ashton Review of Shops
This month’s window on the shop windows Happy New Year! Ashton Town Hall refurbishment; Plus all the usual retail movements from Debdale Park to Woolley Bridge. We would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year and thank you for supporting The Ashton Review of Shops in 2019. We hope you will do…
Christmas 2019 and New Year’s Day 2020 Trains and Trams in Tameside
Christmas and New Year train and tram service information for passengers in Tameside and surrounding area Ladies and gentlemen, following on from East of the M60’s look at Yuletide buses in the Tameside area, we turn our attention to local trains and trams.
Tameside’s Christmas and New Year Bus Service Updates (2019)
Details of Christmas and New Year’s Day bus services in Tameside and surrounding area for 2019 – 2020 With only days to go till Christmas Day, it is that time again on East of the M60. It is our look at what we are about to receive bus-wise over the yuletide period.
