Bank 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…
The EM60 Trivial Enquiry Bureau (#3, August 2020)
Another chance to look at what you have been searching for on East of the M60’s – plus our ‘very’ human powered responses “How did I get here?” Yes, David Byrne could have been talking about East of the M60 had it existed in 1980. We probably would have pulled Xanadu to pieces after seeing it at…
How COVID-19 was a Foil for Gerrymandering our ‘A’ Level Grades
Algorithm used to favour Eton over Eltham, Harrow over Harlow, and Millfield over Middleton If you wish to better yourself, I urge you not to be Northern, working-class, nor a former pupil of a bog-standard comprehensive or academy in an impoverished area. That it seems is the message we are getting from this year’s ‘A’…
Stagecoach Manchester MD to Retire After 20 Years in Bus Industry
Elisabeth Tasker’s retirement leaves vacancy in top role The Stagecoach Group has announced that Elisabeth Tasker, Managing Director of its Manchester bus operation is to retire after 20 years’ service in the bus industry.
Twice the Pleasure: Our Top 1980s 12″ Tunes: The Not So Perfect Ten
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…
WHSmith in Turmoil: The Ashton Review of Shops Extra
In this extra helping of The Ashton Review of Shops, we look at how WHSmith’s turmoil and wonder if there’s a way out It is fair to say that at any point in our lives, we Britons have had some link with W.H. Smith and Sons in more ways than one. Indirectly, we have had…
Answers to Escape to the Pantry’s Guess the Bus and Train Livery Blocks
At last, we have the answers to East of the M60’s bus and train livery quiz If you have been taking part in our bus and train livery, we now have the answers to Guess the Bus and Train Livery Blocks. In true tradition, the answers have arrived a week late.
Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, August 2020: The Ashton Review of Shops
This 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…
Can You Have a Full Yorkshire Picnic?
Feast of the M60 asks if you can have an all-Yorkshire picnic With relatives on both sides of the Pennines, I could claim dual nationality status if in the unlikely event that Yorkshire secedes from Westminster rule. Thanks to the lockdown and yours truly not having left Greater Manchester since then, a strange thought occurred…
Is Manchester Ready for Two Indoor Arenas?
East of the M60 asks, “Is Town not big enough for both of them?” Manchester’s credentials as a musical centre of the universe is unimpeachable, though it is a claim that could be disputed by our friends in Liverpool. For many listeners, Liverpool is associated with The Beatles, the muse for Burnage’s finest musical export….
