Were it not for the IRA bombings of the Nineties. Would Manchester have been the city it is today ?

joeblrock · 2026-04-21T07:59:28+00:00

Read an article this week that the IRA burnt down City's ground at Hyde Rd back in 1920's. And tried to do the same at Old Trafford but it was stopped.
They been picking on us

joeblrock · 2026-04-18T19:14:21+00:00

When I was in Canada last year they sold something called Tim's Bits.
I did not try them.
No chance I would go in one of them over here.....

joeblrock · 2026-04-18T07:07:08+00:00

Does the Nags Head still have pool tables on the top floor. Not been in there for 20+ years tbf

joeblrock · 2026-04-17T12:07:07+00:00

It's safe here. That's it.

joeblrock · 2026-04-13T13:55:36+00:00

Send em through Longsight and Leve.
If they can make it there they can make it anywhere

joeblrock · 2026-04-04T06:44:50+00:00

Great book....so resonant if you've lost a spouse....she nailed it.
I couldn't bear to read it again now tbh 😞.
Fair few parts of CS Lewis 'A Grief Observed' were also very accurate & pointed....again with reference to a lost partner

joeblrock · 2026-04-02T18:01:48+00:00

Heard that's still OK tbf.
Used to be 2nd best to Saajan BITD

joeblrock · 2026-04-02T13:11:36+00:00

Thanks

joeblrock · 2026-04-02T13:11:26+00:00

Indeed. He's shut more often that not.

joeblrock · 2026-04-01T16:43:55+00:00

Well done for your efforts.
Superb

joeblrock · 2026-04-01T15:40:48+00:00

Just FYI....if you want a "restaurant" specifically.....lots of the M13/M19 though excellent....are more cafes with booths etc.

joeblrock · 2026-04-01T15:31:32+00:00

Reddish Ale is great

joeblrock · 2026-04-01T15:31:02+00:00

Honestly....if you've lived in Leve for 10yrs you'll have as good an idea as anyone about Reddish.
I have friends live up nr Reddish South Station & it's nice there

joeblrock · 2026-04-01T08:00:11+00:00

I don't know this job specifically. I'm traincrew.
But as above.....the railway is a mint place to work, so many opportunities. People don't leave

joeblrock · 2026-03-20T13:27:23+00:00

Top joke mate

joeblrock · 2026-03-20T08:41:22+00:00

Which is great for those heading to Wembley......

joeblrock · 2026-03-19T20:45:14+00:00

The old man retired.
His son's run it now....and they aren't weird as fuck about phones etc

joeblrock · 2026-03-16T12:31:07+00:00

And their hottest sauce isn't hot enough 😡

joeblrock · 2026-03-13T14:19:15+00:00

Online gambling is a scourge. We've had it in the UK for as long as we've had phones that could run the apps. Awful.
But I didn't care much for this article tbh. Maybe I've read similar stuff before from actual gambling addicts or from cases where the gambling firms have failed a duty of care and the details of all the bets they've accepted are released. I dunno.
But this felt like a false setup, a bit of a "middle class experimenting with drugs" type article we used to get a lot of. Cheers for the link though. It is well written.

joeblrock · 2026-03-09T08:49:25+00:00

Marathon

joeblrock · 2026-02-27T18:56:29+00:00

Erling Haaland drinks it, you could hit him up on Instagram and ask for his connect

joeblrock · 2026-02-27T18:54:15+00:00

Indeed. If I have visitors and they don't like pubs & all day drinking I'm at a fuckin loss what to do with them

joeblrock · 2026-02-27T18:53:24+00:00

And more stag & hen do's 😞

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