December 2024. Manchester.
I read on the Manchester City forum today that consideration is being given to an idea to make Glossop part of Greater Manchester.
In return Derbyshire will get Stockport, I guess, which will at least pacify those folk who scream “STOCKPORT ISN’T IN MANCHESTER !!!”.
Back to Christmas Day, and Mrs RM would want you to see the no frills lunch she prepared while the lads selflessly went to the Sun.
Mum joined Dad at his care home in the village for turkey etc. If any of you are looking for someone who can give model answers in social situations (“You look lovely“, “It’s just what I wanted“) then Keith is your man.
The next morning I drove Matt back to Piccadilly via the Snake Pass, which looked absolutely stunning on the descent from above the clouds into Glossop (G. Manc). Pic from the passenger.
No trains on Boxing Day, clearly no-one wants to go anywhere, so no ticks in the Mancunian Beer Book either, just a bit of art from Ancoats.
I have no idea what Italian tourists think of Manchester’s changing landscape,
but you can’t really whine about slow economic growth while complaining about new developments.
A 12:30 kick-off meant “brunch” (ugh) in the Pen & Pencil, the only obvious cafe bar open on a quiet Boxing Day.
Tremendously cheery service from Laura, again proving the future is in safe hands,
and a breakfast burrito that was chunky but not chewy (NBBSS 4).
If I hadn’t been driving I could have taken a pre-emptive punt on the Pen & Pencil. Look at this craft range;
Right, off to football and more torment.
Do I HAVE to ?
retiredmartin 
No
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There are a few satellite towns with Manchester overspill estates – Glossop, Handforth, Wilmslow, Knutsford – which despite having resisted it in the early seventies would probably now benefit from joining Greater Manchester, especially for public transport, although it might cause a few boundary issues for the local CAMRA branches.
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Will no-one think of the CAMRA branches ?
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I doubt that whatever might be done with Glossop would cause anything like the histrionics that did the de-Yorkshirement of Humberside, Saddleworth etc., so its entertainment value would be a bit limited.
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Give the Channel Islands to French CAMRA.
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You mean the Anglo-Norman Islands, surely?
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“In return Derbyshire will get Stockport” but not all Stopfordians might want to be in the Midlands !
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There is definitely a Northern Derbyshire and a Southern Derbyshire, Paul, just as Stoke is in The North.
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Stoke is in North Staffordshire.
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Yes, the North.
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