This month’s bare essentials only window on the shop windows A lot has happened in the last month to our bars and retail premises. Thanks to the second wave of COVID-19 cases, we are now in the midst of a second lockdown. It is anticipated that England’s circuit-breaking lockdown would last until the 02 December. […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, November 2020: The Ashton Review of ShopsWelcome restoration of Stalybridge to Hyde route For regular readers used to seeing a separate Oldham and Saddleworth bulletin, this edition covers the Oldham, Tameside and Glossop areas due to the lack of changes in Oldham. Apart from one route that covers the Oldham and Tameside areas. New 387 route bridges Stalyhill gap; Daytime 41As […]
Read More Oldham, Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, 25 October 2020This month’s semi-quarantined window on the shop windows Under normal circumstances, our shops will be getting ready for Christmas. Not so at this time of writing. With COVID-19 cases hitting record levels, any sense of normality may be out of the question for a year. At the sharp end of the pandemic is our licensed […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, October 2020: The Ashton Review of ShopsThis month’s semi-quarantined window on the shop windows Has normality resumed? Well, in the last six weeks, there was some liberalisation of the lockdown conditions. Then, stricter conditions of our lockdown were imposed – announced only hours before coming into force. Our neighbours in Oldham had even stricter conditions imposed, some 300 yards short of […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, September 2020: The Ashton Review of ShopsA look at the more lasting changes that will affect Oldham and Saddleworth bus passengers Earlier on, we said there were no service changes affecting Oldham and Saddleworth bus passengers this autumn. At the time, we only knew about the withdrawal of South Pennine Community Transport’s 359 route and placed this in our Tameside and […]
Read More Oldham and Saddleworth Bus Service Changes, 30 August 2020Bank Holiday changes see last minute reprieve for Dane Bank – Denton link 204, 206 and 207 replaced by new 202 service; New Denton – Dane Bank link created – thanks to local campaign; 7 split into three variants (7, 7A and 7B); 205 reverts to being Dane Bank – Piccadilly Gardens bus route; Cuts […]
Read More Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, 30 August 2020This month’s semi-quarantined window on the shop windows Have you seen any signs of the New Normal, or would this New Normal be a mere interlude in advance of a possible second wave? Whatever happens, August 2020 will be a world away from August 2019, never mind August 2009. Shortly after the publication of last […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, August 2020: The Ashton Review of ShopsDiamond diversion sees 217 route extended to Wythenshawe Hospital Tameside gains direct bus link with Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital; Stagecoach takes over evening journeys of Stockport – Ashton 7 route. For the first time in over a decade, there will be no summertime retiming changes for Greater Manchester’s principal bus routes. Since 2008, […]
Read More Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, 26 July 2020This month’s semi-quarantined window on the shop windows By the time you have read this, you may have had your first pint in a pub in 14 weeks. Instead of celebrating this, your first pint in a pub since lockdown might be your last for a while because of recent redundancy announcements. You might be […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, July 2020: The Ashton Review of ShopsAshton Review of Shops Extra looks at the reopening of ‘non essential’ retailers For some commentators, the 15 June 2020 would be seen as the day when normality returned to the High Street. With the reopening of ‘non essential’ retailers, it has been represented as part of our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More Shopping With Confidence, Tameside Style: Ashton Review of Shops Extra
