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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 26, 2017 0:33:51 GMT
Lower Mosley Street was the location of Manchester Coach Station for many years (ah, happy memories). On some blinds it was shown as 'Manchester LMS'. Some people (pre-1948) thought this meant it would take them to a railway station ... [Bonus point for introducing both bus and rail matters?]  Well Lower Mosley Street Bus Station wasn't that far from Manchester Central Station. I seem to recall using both LMS and Chorton Road Bus Stations when travelling to/from Cheadle Hulme. [Trying to steer the discussion towards Stockport Pubs] Baker's Vaults. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 9:05:40 GMT
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Post by A Brown on Mar 26, 2017 10:12:08 GMT
I do have a weird feeling about this TBH
I can maybe see Galloway getting 20%+ due to soaking up Brexiteers in Gorton proper and some Muslims while Labour haemorrhages remainer votes to the LD.
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 26, 2017 11:49:52 GMT
Genuinely can't see GG getting anything like that much. But I have been wrong before.
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Post by AdminSTB on Mar 26, 2017 11:54:55 GMT
Genuinely can't see GG getting anything like that much. But I have been wrong before. I agree but I think he'll save his deposit. I dearly wish he wouldn't but I think he will. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 26, 2017 12:03:51 GMT
Genuinely can't see GG getting anything like that much. But I have been wrong before. I do wish Galloway had different initials.  More seriously I had a dream last night that I had gone to Gorton and taken my bicycle with me (as one does - nothing more useful than a bicycle at a byelection). Anyway, cycling to the committee room I realised I didn't have a padlock to secure said bike. So I stopped at a hardware shop, run by the Nantwich councillor who was Timpson's Agent at the 2008 C&N byelection (this is not as odd as it may seem since he owns a timber merchants which sells lots of hardware type stuff). He sent me to distant aisles which turned out not to contain padlocks and generally delayed and distracted me. So, my prediction for Gorton is now: Conservative GAIN Achieved by underhand means. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 26, 2017 12:19:12 GMT
Genuinely can't see GG getting anything like that much. But I have been wrong before. I do wish Galloway had different initials. You could stand against him. It would be a two horse race |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 12:28:18 GMT
Still no sign of other candidates here.
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Post by AdminSTB on Mar 26, 2017 13:17:10 GMT
Still no sign of other candidates here. The Greens were spotted doing a litter pick yesterday. |
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Post by carlton43 on Mar 26, 2017 13:41:07 GMT
Still no sign of other candidates here. The Greens were spotted doing a litter pick yesterday. Was that LD leaflets from letterboxes? |
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 26, 2017 15:14:44 GMT
Genuinely can't see GG getting anything like that much. But I have been wrong before. I agree but I think he'll save his deposit. I dearly wish he wouldn't but I think he will. Me too - a chance he could come third, even if (hopefully) very distantly. |
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Post by AdminSTB on Mar 26, 2017 15:37:57 GMT
I agree but I think he'll save his deposit. I dearly wish he wouldn't but I think he will. Me too - a chance he could come third, even if (hopefully) very distantly. Well, I've promised to go up on two more Saturdays, so I will keep my eye on it. |
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Post by iain on Mar 27, 2017 11:05:20 GMT
Am I right in thinking that Labour have now missed the boat if they wanted to hold this on 4th May?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 27, 2017 11:08:08 GMT
Am I right in thinking that Labour have now missed the boat if they wanted to hold this on 4th May? No. The last day the writ could be moved for a 4 May byelection would be Thursday 30 March. |
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Post by Zardoz on Mar 27, 2017 18:11:40 GMT
Am I right in thinking that Labour have now missed the boat if they wanted to hold this on 4th May? No. The last day the writ could be moved for a 4 May byelection would be Thursday 30 March. It has been confirmed that the writ will be moved tomorrow. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 27, 2017 18:41:34 GMT
Genuinely can't see GG getting anything like that much. But I have been wrong before. I do wish Galloway had different initials. More seriously I had a dream last night that I had gone to Gorton and taken my bicycle with me (as one does - nothing more useful than a bicycle at a byelection). Anyway, cycling to the committee room I realised I didn't have a padlock to secure said bike. So I stopped at a hardware shop, run by the Nantwich councillor who was Timpson's Agent at the 2008 C&N byelection (this is not as odd as it may seem since he owns a timber merchants which sells lots of hardware type stuff). He sent me to distant aisles which turned out not to contain padlocks and generally delayed and distracted me. So, my prediction for Gorton is now: Conservative GAIN Achieved by underhand means. It's just struck me that the section highlighted - which in my case was a dream - reads like the sort of thing Johnloony would record factually. Except he would also be able to tell us how many miles he had cycled in each of the last eight byelections he had visited. |
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Post by neilm on Mar 27, 2017 19:21:21 GMT
Why was Manchester Central built by the Cheshire Lines Committee? I'd just assumed it was LNER or Midland. Neil, presume you mean the GNR, rather than the LNER which didn't come into existence until 1921. The LNWR was blocking the Midland from getting into Manchester, so it went in with the GNR and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway in the CLC. Manchester Central was one of the results. Younger readers will know Manchester Central as the GMEX of course. I thought Manchester Central was built in the 1920s! Obviously I've misremembered. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 27, 2017 20:28:29 GMT
Neil, presume you mean the GNR, rather than the LNER which didn't come into existence until 1921. The LNWR was blocking the Midland from getting into Manchester, so it went in with the GNR and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway in the CLC. Manchester Central was one of the results. Younger readers will know Manchester Central as the GMEX of course. I thought Manchester Central was built in the 1920s! Obviously I've misremembered. Late 1870s! |
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Post by neilm on Mar 27, 2017 20:33:20 GMT
I thought Manchester Central was built in the 1920s! Obviously I've misremembered. Late 1870s! Presumably I read about it being remodelled or similar? I admit that it's not a part of the country I know a lot about. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Mar 28, 2017 7:28:40 GMT
Presumably I read about it being remodelled or similar? I admit that it's not a part of the country I know a lot about. It was remodelled ever so slightly in 1982... |
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