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You pays your money and takes your choice
We’re now at a place where services that most of us take for granted are being withdrawn. And look at what we’re losing:
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Weekly Diary ( 21st Oct – 27th Oct)
Monday Trip to Northern Rail Depot at Newton Heath. The depot is one of the oldest in the country and together with their depot in Allerton (Liverpool) is responsible for keeping the fleet on the rails. Northern Rail inherited its fleet when it won the franchise in 2004.…
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Question to Council 17th September 2014
Full Council I asked a question regarding wheelie bin thefts by ward. Since April 2013 Clearly, if these bins are still in circulation here, our bin men are emptying 1250 more bins in Old Trafford and Gorse Hill than there are households and the council is doing nothing…
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Weekly Update September 11th to 17th
Thursday 11th Sept I walked to Salford Royal Hosp for an out-patient appointment on my broken shoulder. Still not the easiest hospital to reach from Stretford. Could have used Metrolink, but a single ticket prohibitive and by the time I’d walked to Stretford Met, changed at Cornbrook, and…
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People need to understand power
If people don’t wake up, they get left out. Disengagement means someone else takes the decisions. But who has the ideas? Why, you do of course! Worthwhile video. We’re being actively disengaged all the time. Never forget that consultations are about managing engagement rather than seeking it out.
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20 mph zones come of age in Manchester
More than 1,000 streets in Manchester become 20mph zones From the Manchester Evening News A third of Manchester’s roads have become twenty mile an hour zones. Over 1,100 streets, covering 111 miles, are included in the scheme aimed at making streets safer. The 20mph limit could eventually be…