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Buses in Popular Music: The Not So Perfect Ten

mancunian1001 wrote 11 hours ago: For the purpose of this Not So Perfect Ten, I have decided to focus on the best ten pieces of music … more →

Tags: Buses, Entertainment, Music, Stuart Vallantine, Transport

Sam Wild and Bessie Berry1 comment

sarahrosalind wrote 1 week ago: Sam Wild, born in Ardwick, was one of the Manchester men who fought in the Spanish Civil War, eventu … more →

Tags: Spanish Civil War, communism, Anti-Fascism, Feminism, South Africa, Unemployed Workers' Movement, ardwick, Longsight

Betty Tebbs: "I've always been a revolutionary!"

sarahrosalind wrote 1 week ago: Betty Tebbs joined her first trade union at 14, lost her first husband in WWII and spent her entire … more →

Tags: anti-nuclear, communism, Feminism, Trade Unions, Workers' rights, bury, prestwich, Radcliffe

Bernard McKenna1 comment

sarahrosalind wrote 1 week ago: After fighting Fascism – in the shape of Sir Oswald Mosley’s blackshirts – in Mancheste … more →

Tags: Anti-Fascism, communism, Spanish Civil War, Hulme, Cheetham Hill

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name -=Music Video=-

qualitysmusic wrote 2 weeks ago: more about "The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name -…", posted with … more →

Tags: concept city, Music video, London, single, UK, united kingdom, England, Synthpop, COLUMBIA

Tameside Service Changes: Staley Road loses link to outside world

mancunian1001 wrote 2 weeks ago: Except on Saturdays Recent service changes have seen Micklehurst Road and Staley Road disappear from … more →

Tags: Buses, Tameside, Transport

Care Homes in Greater Manchester

carehomestoday wrote 3 weeks ago: Care Homes in Greater Manchester Finding care for your loved ones is always going to be a difficult … more →

Tags: care homes, Nursing Homes, Residential Care Homes, Elderly Care, old people

Northern Tower

alex66 wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: block, brutalism, Concrete, Green, Homes, Modernism, tower

Honey, I am Going To Be a Little Late Home2 comments

frigginloon wrote 1 month ago: Graham Merrington was minding his own beeswax in Greater Manchester when he decided to cross the roa … more →

Tags: that's gotta hurt, whoops, Graham Merrington, man stuck in melted road, leg stuck in road, leg stuck pothole, road surface meltdown

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW

mamaliberty wrote 2 months ago: Just when you think that there is no hope and nothing will change…a little glimmer of hope ap … more →

Tags: activism, Domestic Violence, batterers, Battered Women, Judges, restraining orders, Bad Fathers, CPS, protective parent

The Eaziest Way from A to B9 comments

mancunian1001 wrote 2 months ago: Remembering the Bee Line Buzz Company Readers of a certain age living in Greater Manchester may reme … more →

Tags: Bee Line Buzz Company, Bus deregulation, Buses, manchester, North West, Operators, Transport, Travel

TAMESIDE CONSERVATIVES OPPOSE LABOUR’S BAD ID-EA

tamesidetories wrote 2 months ago: Launch of Manchester ID card scheme is a “…completely pointless waste of taxpayers’ money” The Lead … more →

Tags: Community Safety, Economy, Westminster, Crime, ID Cards, John Bell, Labour Government, Madrid train bombing, recession

Flickrfan: Heuchera.

sgarrett6 wrote 2 months ago: Photographed by Manky Maxblack It was raining on monday which prompted me to do this www.flickr.com … more →

Tags: FlickrFan, Garden, Explore, flickr, water, Macro, spring, d700, Raw

Manchester United FC

joannaselah wrote 2 months ago: Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Grea … more →

Tags: Clubs Eliminated in Semi Finals, EUROPEAN CUP, UEFA Champions League, Football, Premier League, Manchester United FC, Manchester United, manunited, Manchester United Honours

200 'potential terrorist' kids in UK

BBVM wrote 3 months ago: The British Police brand as much as 200 youngsters as ‘potential terrorists’, c … more →

Tags: military industrial complex, Prison Industrial Complex, Education Industrial Complex, Youth, metropolitan police, Association of Chief Police Officers, Terrorism, Muslim, West Yorkshire police

TAMESIDE'S 83% JOBLESS INCREASE IN 12 MONTHS

tamesidetories wrote 3 months ago:   New figures show that 6,035 Tameside residents claimed unemployment benefits in February – … more →

Tags: Economy, health & social care, Westminster, gordon brown, John Bell, Labour, Labour Government, Unemployment

Now Reopen the Woodhead Line!

mancunian1001 wrote 4 months ago: A57/A628 Mottram-Tintwistle Bypass funding rejected Courtesy of an email from one of my fellow comra … more →

Tags: Environment, Mottram-in-Longdendale, road, Tameside, Transport, Travel

The Tragedy of Charlene Downes3 comments

elyakatz wrote 4 months ago: BS”D Warning: For those with a weak stomach or a sensitive nature, this is one of the most gro … more →

Tags: Eurabia, Islam, Jihad, "Heat" owned by Chico, BBC One's Missing, Blackpool England, Carousel Bar on North Pier, cash & carry, Charlene Downes

Footballer mauled walking to pitch

dogattack wrote 5 months ago: 28-year-old Annis Patel of Daubhill, Greater Manchester, was attacked by a Staffordshire Bull terrie … more →

Tags: Attacks on people, News, stafordshire bull terrier, Bolton


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