Keep up TJ, nbt's already posted it 
no one has a clue what's going on!
That's the point though isn't it, it's supposed to make people slow down and think.
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Moving south of Manchester
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*waves to Bunnyhop*
Yep I moved to Mellor (kind of halfway between Marple Bridge and New Mills) last year specifically to try to get my kids into Marple Hall School. Not sure where you have heard bad things about the school but it's all relative I suppose, compared to the high schools in and around Glossop it trumps all of them. I bet the schools in Cheadle are good though.
Let me know if you need any more info, cheers James
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5 Mins and yer on the M56.
5 Mins yer on the M6
It really doesn't get much better than that. Possibly if you lived permanently in a Travel Lodge at a motorway service station I guess.
I love the way these threads always seem to end up telling you rather more about the posters than the places they're supposedly posting about...
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nbt and TJ - Nail on head
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jamesgarbett - Not bad things, but the most recent Ofsted report rates it as "satisfactory" (3). Now that doesn't necessarily correleate to exam results and it will probably get a better rank next time, especially if it's got a new head... but I could move to an area with a school ranked "outstanding" (1).
Had a look at Poynton online, definitely going on the list. Look at the size of that garage!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35060012.html
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No worries - I'm just crossing my fingers that our kids get in - we find out on 1st March - no guarantees any more even from within the catchment area
I think that report is 3 years old, new deputy heads and head since then, last year's GCSE results were very good, but as I say I'm comparing it to schools in Glossop and surrounds
OFSTED were in school this week but not sure how long it is before their report is published
Cheers James
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Bloody hell lads! Discussing comparable Ofsted results for Manchester commuter-belt schools?
You've only gone and broken the middle-class-ometer
It went off the scale, then exploded!
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Look at the size of that garage!
Ooh, spooky. When I saw that I thought "I wonder if it's that one on Dickens Lane that my mum and dad looked at years ago"
And it is
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You've only gone and broken the middle-class-ometer
It went off the scale, then exploded!
Probably wasn't helped by the discussion about how bad the Waitrose junction is, it's hard to know who's Audi Q7 has right of way!
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The only slight issue with Dickens Lane is that there are no facilities up in Higher poynton any more - there's the Boar's Head Pub and the
tiprecycling centre, but that's about it - if you run out of milk, you have to go down to the village, and hope that since Waitrose opened all the little shops haven't shut so you can still find what you need at 6.30pm on a Sunday.On a more positive note, the Strawberry Pig is one of the finest chippies in the area
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Is there an echo in here TJayjayjayjayjayjayjayjayjayjayjayjayjay...?
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Can you all stop talking about south Manchester.
As much as I love West Lancs (and I do, despite there not being any altitude WHATSOEVER), I do rather miss it down there.
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The only slight issue with Dickens Lane is that there are no facilities up in Higher poynton any more
Yeah, but there hasn't been for years really, most of the housing in Poynton has never really had a shop in 5/10mins walking distance, it's always been based around the centre. And there's a huge carpark behind Waitrose...
Anyway, has the Co-op gone from Coppice Road, by the end of Waterloo Road? What about the Post Office/chippy at Hockley?
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As much as I love West Lancs (and I do, despite there not being any altitude WHATSOEVER), I do rather miss it down there.
As much as I love Gloucestershire (and I do, despite there not being much altitude WHATSOEVER), I do rather miss it up there.
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I like it here, south of Manchester but I'd hate to live in South Manchester (or Poynton).
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Anyway, has the Co-op gone from Coppice Road, by the end of Waterloo Road? What about the Post Office/chippy at Hockley?
Co-op went about 7 or 8 years ago, post office and butchers shortly after.
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Really? That's sad, Hockley Post Office was my childhood sweetie supplier
Just show's really, there's absolutely tonnes of housing around them so buckets of potential customers, but they close as folks don't use them because that would mean walking for ten minutes rather than driving for ten minutes.
I remember when there were three co-ops in Poynton (back when Mars Bars were 8p)
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oh hang on - might be thinking of the wrong area.
co-op's definitely gone
*checks map*
chippy at hockley's a chinese
post office has gone, yep
butchers on shrigley rd north has gonePosted 3 months ago # -
Just now here in Salford- Next to McD's 5 young Dutch lads where to go (where the Trafford centre is etc). I ask them are they staying here? Yep nearby in Salford. I point to the spot of the shooting and say 'be bloody careful what time you come back at night'!
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[EDIT] Hora, eh?
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Here it is again in more geographical terms: North of the Manchester plain the countryside is characterised by uplands with bigger hills like Pendle, Longridge Fell and Winter Hill as you move outwards. From these you link into the Yorkshire Dales and the Bowland Fells. In all of these upland areas glaciation and later rivers, have eroded deep valleys giving exciting mountain biking and varied road riding with unending views and panoramas. The industrial revolution started in Lancashire thanks to the power available from the rivers, which is why most of the towns are sited in the valley bottoms leaving the gloriously deserted open fells for walkers and cyclists to enjoy. The northern fells are criss-crossed with a dense network of old freight routes; packhorse trails, footpaths, tramways, canal towpaths and quarry roads and inclines. Why do you think Singletrack Towers is in Todmorden? The main roads run along the valley bottoms meaning that wherever you live, you are close to good un-crowded roads that were built for industrial use - think of the turnpike road that links Littleborough, Tod, Bacup and Hebden Bridge or more recently, the M66 through Rossendale.
The Cheshire plain has.... fields, trees and an airport. The roads are based mostly on pre-industrial field boundaries and the odd packhorse route and they meander all over the place meaning that many parts of Cheshire are a LONG tedious drive from anywhere.
I rest my case.
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most of the towns are sited in the valley bottoms leaving the gloriously deserted open fells for walkers and cyclists to enjoy.
Although inbreeding is rife and the 6 town area is widely know as 6 finger land.
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Although inbreeding is rife and the 6 town area is widely know as 6 finger land.
I thought there was a rife Heroin, self-created unemployment and crime issue as well?
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The Cheshire plain has.... fields, trees, the amazing space-dishiness of Jodrell Bank and an airport. The roads are based mostly on pre-industrial field boundaries and the odd packhorse route and they meander all over the place meaning that many parts of Cheshire are a
LONG tediouspleasant, scenic roady ride or drive from anywhere.FTFY
Anyway, most of the places we're talking about aren't on the plain, they're in, or not far from, the foothills of the Peaks; Poynton, Marple and Disley especially.
North Manchester landscape is definitely more rugged, I'll grant you. But the towns are, well, uglier.
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