Our semi-definitive guide to the greatest 12″ singles of the 1980s Sometimes, the radio edit of a chart single may lack that extra something which the 12″ version has. At the other end, some singles are better suited to the traditional two to four minutes of a seven inch 45. The long single (in excess […]
Read More Twice the Pleasure: Our Top 1980s 12″ Tunes: The Not So Perfect TenOur Top Ten black tea brands I probably drink as much tea as the late Tony Benn ever did. After he retired from politics, he went on a speaking tour taking two props with him: a chair and a Thermos® flask. A flask full of tea.
Read More Top Ten Tea: A Feast of the M60 Not So Perfect TenTen more lost bus routes of Greater Manchester When did we last do a Lost Bus Routes Not So Perfect Ten? The answer to that was eight years ago. Since then, Lost Bus Routes of Greater Manchester has spawned a fair number of spin-offs. These have focused on individual routes or a collection of routes […]
Read More Lost Bus Routes of Greater Manchester V, The Ocarina of Bus Times: The Not So Perfect TenTen things about British rail travel that people born after 1980 never had the chance to enjoy or endure For many passengers, today’s trains are shiny and efficient beasts. Some might say they are a little devoid of character. Sometimes they look scruffy or sport garish liveries. In the space of forty years, the joys […]
Read More Ten Things That Millennials Never Enjoyed About Train Travel: The Not So Perfect TenTen 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 […]
Read More Ten Good Reasons to Love Lancashire: The Not So Perfect TenIn 1984, we were promised jetpacks; we got Pacer units instead We haven’t had a Not So Perfect Ten on here for a while. With urban public transport forever in the news agenda, our latest NSP10 reflects this. Given how Northern Powerhouse Rail and Manchester Piccadilly’s 15th and 16th platforms hang in the balance, we […]
Read More Great Unrealised Mancunian Transport Plans: The Not So Perfect TenEver wondered which Greater Manchester bus routes share or shared their number with a football formation? For many people, New Year’s Day isn’t only about giving up smoking, going on a diet, or alcohol abstinence. January sees the start of a 31-part soap opera known as The Transfer Window. Yes, it is that time of […]
Read More Parking the Bus: Bus Routes That Share Numbers with Football Formations: The Not So Perfect TenTen of the finest dark beers – mainly milds, stouts, and porters At this time of writing we are in the midst of Black Friday, an American import which marks the first shopping day after Thanksgiving Day. Thanks inevitably to the internet it has become an international phenomenon. In these parts, it is associated with […]
Read More Delectable Dark Beers: A Top Beer Not So Perfect TenThought the 1980s computer age was all about ZX Spectrums and Commodore 64s? Think again. As with many hagiographies, history is always defined by the winners. In home computing, the ultimate victors were IBM compatible PCs – ultimately today’s Windows 10 PCs. Today, their role in history could be wiped out by tablets and smartphones.
Read More Long Forgotten Microcomputers: A Past of the M60 Not So Perfect TenTen items we have loved and lost from the J.D. Wetherspoon menu Few entrepreneurs would consider naming their business after a teacher they dreaded. In October 1979, Tim Martin did just that with a London pub. Nearly three decades on, it became one of Britain’s best loved (and equally most derided) brands. Today, any town […]
Read More Lost Items From The ‘Spoons Menu: A Feast of the M60 Not So Perfect Ten
