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britishbornandbread posted:The expansion of Manchester Piccadilly will see my favourite pub/club venue on the planet close down. In conclusion, gently caress you Bozza. Heh, Star & Garter?
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Anemone Mine posted:
Private Eye floated the idea that the route still performs that weird slow curve in the direction of Liverpool, (despite not connecting Liverpool properly) before the sharp dogleg towards Manchester Airport: so that it can avoid going through George Osborne's Tatton constituency and irking the NIMBYs. I have no idea if this is the case but the thought of national infrastructure being bent for petty personal reasons is so deliciously British.
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Just got a Manchester to Llandudno train. I did not know we still ran carriages where you have to lean out the window to open the door handle. Still a nicer than a Pacer though.
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OwlFancier posted:Yes I had one of those recently too, god knows how you're supposed to do it if you're an old lady or something as it's bloody awkward. Poor fellow was run ragged at every station making sure they were all closed. While the driving unit seemed speedy it must play merry hell with the timetable due to the prolonged dwell time. More than that, in an odd way nationally embarrassing. It was one of those moments when Britain seems less pleasingly quaint, so much as as pathetically backward. Edit -... and the old refurbished southern cast-off electric train I got back from Liverpool has the phrase "Northern Powerhouse" branded onto it. Conservative political slogans embossed on on our privatised national assets rolling through the provinces, bringing the word from the capital to the plebs. Desiderata fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Didn't Bozza do the design work for the Lime Street approach only a year ago? Did any warning signs show up on the surveys?
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