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…
Category: West Riding of Yorkshire
Revolutionary Renumbering Exercise Aims to Boost Bus Patronage in Tameside
Unique renumbering exercise aims to be more user-friendly than present system There hasn’t been a comprehensive renumbering exercise in Tameside since SELNEC PTE became Greater Manchester PTE. Since the start of bus deregulation, some routes have been renumbered to suit the operator’s requirements. In the main, most of Tameside’s bus route numbers are in the…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Measures: Sunday Service Across Stagecoach Greater Manchester Routes
Important information for bus passengers during the Coronavirus situation From the 28 March [this Saturday], further precautions against the Coronavirus pandemic will be taken by Stagecoach Greater Manchester. With the effects of a near total lockdown leading to an inevitable loss of patronage, most of their routes will be operating an enhanced Sunday service.
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.
Whitworth Vale and Healey Band, 16 March 2020: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
Another fine concert with Alan Widdop behind the podium In spite of the spectre of the Coronavirus, Whitworth Vale and Healey Band chose to fulfil their concert at Boarshurst Band Club last night. For the dedicated live audience, and several more that watched the live stream, it was a most enjoyable concert.
Mass Brass IV: The Review (Uppermill Civic Hall, 07 March 2020)
120+ reasons why Mass Brass IV delivered and entertained its audience Last Saturday (07 March), over 120 brass band players, plus families and spectators descended on Uppermill Civic Hall for what was Saddleworth’s biggest night in the brass banding calendar. Like previous Mass Brass nights, the four bands gave us yet another great concert.
Stockport Silver Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 08 March 2020
Joyous Boarshurst return for Jim Hunter and Co. makes for another captivating programme With the live and streamed audience marked safe from stultifying Sunday night entertainment and rolling news, Stockport Silver Band returned to Boarshurst Band Club with another fantastic concert. A year into their tenure at Kimberley Street Day Centre, Shaw Heath, last night’s…
Mass Brass IV: Saddleworth’s Brass Banding Bonanza Goes Forth
May the fourth Mass Brass be with you on Saturday Once upon a time, in a part of Saddleworth far far away, an enterprising brass band hit upon the idea of a concert featuring themselves and three other brass bands. Three others from the Saddleworth area, from Junction 22 of the M62 right down to…
Thornton-Cleveleys Brass Band, 02 February 2020: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
A neat concert with a good mix of old favourites and modern classics Over the last week, the village of Thornton and its neighbouring town has been in the news. That being the small matter of a railway line which saw its last passengers in 1970 and its last freight train in 1999. If successful,…
Northern Nationalised: Franchise Transfers from Arriva Rail North to DfT
Northern franchise taken over by DfT as Operator of Last Resort from the 01 March After several rumours and persistent lobbying by Northern English political figures in the last six months, it was announced today that Arriva lost its Northern rail franchise. Under the Anglo-German company’s tenure, the rail franchise was dogged by poor service,…
Westoe Brass Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 19 January 2020
Another tight performance from Westoe Brass Band After being forced to choose from singers dressed as yellow ducks or unicorns, or ice-based pratfalls, the people of Saddleworth (and Boarshurst Silver Band’s avid streaming audience) were saved from such misfortune last night. At 7pm, Westoe Brass Band began the 2020 season of concerts in style.
Oldham and Saddleworth Bus Service Changes, 26 January 2020
More tinkering around the edges: nothing too drastic Unlike the previous set of changes which has butchered Greenfield’s bus network, the latest set of changes are a more sedate affair. Usually, this is a lull before the storm of post-Easter changes.
