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Buses in Popular Music: The Not So Perfect Ten
For the purpose of this Not So Perfect Ten, I have decided to focus on the best ten pieces of music featuring buses. This may include direct or indirect reference to buses in its lyrics, song ti… more →
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Buses in Popular Music: The Not So Perfect Ten
mancunian1001 wrote 4 months ago: For the purpose of this Not So Perfect Ten, I have decided to focus on the best ten pieces of music … more →
I'm In the Metro!
mancunian1001 wrote 9 months ago: OK, not quite. A nice surprise came to me this morning in one of the free papers on the 220 service … more →
Ewing School: East of the M60 first again
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mancunian1001 wrote 9 months ago: Update on Ewing School. Some time ago, East of the M60 reflected on the ‘grotesque shambles … more →
Half Map Half Biscuit
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mancunian1001 wrote 10 months ago: “…I like to flush the demons from out of your mind…” With only days to go un … more →
The Best (Bus) Seat in the House: The Not So Perfect 10
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mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: Ten buses reviewed and the best places to sit on board In nearly 30 years of travelling around Great … more →
Three Sparky Individuals, Two Lectures, One Amazing Day
mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: Out on the road with Donna Williams in Burnley and Aintree. Friday 19th September 2008 will go down … more →
Ewing School: 40 Years On And Still Going Strong
mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: A West Didsbury special school comes of age The year 1968 was best remembered for Manchester United … more →
"...it's 9 o' clock on ITV"
mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: A tepid welcome to you all from In The Kingdom Of The Bland Celebrating mediocrity, blandness and un … more →
The Spirit of 'Monkey Tennis' Is Alive And Well
mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: On ITV2 Several years back, we used to have a jolly old pop at what daft stuff our neighbours across … more →
The Not So Perfect 10: Bus Boarding Peeves
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mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: Having focused on the things I have most missed about buses in the Greater Manchester area, this top … more →
Doctor Strangeroute (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bus)
mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: How the local bus (almost) saved me from commuting worries In the last two weeks, most of us UK resi … more →
The Alternative Christmas Reading List
mancunian1001 wrote 1 year ago: Christmas is coming, repeats are fast looming, as people in Argos are still queueing and awaiting th … more →
"...Remember, pavements are more important than your children.*"
mancunian1001 wrote 2 years ago: 600 more face court for feet on seats Is dirtying a train seat as heinous a crime as murder, rape, a … more →
C30, C60, C90, Woah...!
mancunian1001 wrote 2 years ago: The joys of composing a mixtape It is hard to believe that the compact cassette format is over 40 ye … more →
"Don't be a Plonker if you can be a Stonker..."
mancunian1001 wrote 2 years ago: Yes folks, it’s that time of the year again, ‘Comic Relief’. What started off a ni … more →
The Adventures of Dill and Linby: Home Farm revisited
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mancunian1001 wrote 2 years ago: Before I begin this posting, I must point out that this posting is not going to be some fairy tale o … more →
My Year Zero Moment
mancunian1001 wrote 3 years ago: Has anybody had what I would call a ‘Year Zero Moment’? A Year Zero Moment relates to a … more →
