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Mike Wallbank

@miketameside

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Tameside Radio presenter, Tameside Reporter nostalgia writer, popular music & culture enthusiast... a lifetime in local newspapers. All views are my own

Denton, Tameside
Joined October 2010
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Daniel Takes A Train
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Catch the video on Youtube as previewed by @MikeReadUK on The @HeritageChart from 7pm tomorrow evening!!...😎🎬 https://t.co/W0mCIrr4Ks @1980sRewind @ITHERETWEETER1 @miketameside @SeanUsherRadio @SimonTate16 @TRINMUSIC1 @BBCRadioStoke @BBCRadioKent
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Which?
2 months
Want to keep your child as safe as possible? Throw out your plug protectors: they're putting your child at more risk than you thinkβš‘πŸ”Œ https://t.co/IPmxUQ1yF2
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
4 months
We're in a @deaconbluemusic / @RitSedFred sandwich!...Who would have thought it....Please continue to vote, let's see how high we can get...🀩🎡🎢 https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @HeritageChart @MikeReadUK @SeanUsherRadio @1980sRewind @alstewartinfo @miketameside @SimonTate16 @choose80s
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@miketameside
Mike Wallbank
4 months
2nd play yesterday from a friend in the north 😎 #theshowthattimeforgot @tamesideradio
@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
4 months
A celebratory pint to mark our entry into this week's @HeritageChart top 10. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to vote, you've all been brilliant!...😎🎢🎡 @MikeReadUK @alstewartinfo @SeanUsherRadio @SimonTate16 @choose80s @miketameside @1980sRewind
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
6 months
We're still fighting!..Please give us your vote today, let's see if we can head back towards the @HeritageChart top 10...Thanks All..🎢🎡❀️ https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @MikeReadUK @SeanUsherRadio @SimonTate16 @miketameside @choose80s @and_80s @1980sRewind @thisisbenjones @adamdowling
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Daniel Takes A Train
6 months
We did it! We're back in the @HeritageChart #Top10. Big thanks to all of you who voted. Voting is already open for next week's chart, so if you want to see Hit Parade climb even higher, please use this link..🎡🎢 https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @MikeReadUK @miketameside
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
6 months
Oooh, this is getting interesting! Our single The Hit Parade is currently on the edge of the @HeritageChart #Top10. If you fancy giving it a nudge, please use this link to vote πŸ™ https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @MikeReadUK @miketameside @adamdowling @thisisbenjones
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
6 months
Amazing that we're pushing for the @HeritageChart top 10 with the likes of Annie Lennox, The Stereophonics and JoBoxers!...Can we make it happen?...Please click the link below...#No14...❀️🎡🎢 https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @MikeReadUK @miketameside @and_80s @choose80s
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Mike Wallbank
6 months
Proud to be part of a terrific team effort for #VEDay80 @newsintameside @tamesideradio @NigelSkinner9 Eight pages filled with nostalgia - and a one-hour special tonight from 7pm on 103.6FM, https://t.co/k9sOpcpuDR or ask Alexa to play 'Tameside Radio')
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
7 months
Yay!...Thanks all, we've made The @HeritageChart #Top20 !..Can we go higher?..Your votes could make it happen, currently No.18...🀩🎢🎡 **VOTE VIA THE LINK BELOW** https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @and_80s @MikeReadUK @miketameside @choose80s @BBCRadioKent @CoathGraham
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Daniel Takes A Train
7 months
This week's Heritage Chart is stacked full of great bands, and we could be in the #Top20 by the end of the day!...Please take a second to vote, we're currently No.22...🎡🎢 **LINK BELOW** https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @1980sRewind @and_80s @SeanUsherRadio @miketameside @MikeReadUK
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Daniel Takes A Train
7 months
Another week passes, and we're up to No.22 in The @HeritageChart...Amazing!...Is Top 20 achievable?...With your help, it might be...🎡🎢 **LINK TO VOTE BELOW** https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @and_80s @MikeReadUK @miketameside @BBCRadioKent @BBCRadioStoke @choose80s
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Mike Wallbank
7 months
Special feature this week celebrating 170 years of the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter, now part of @newsintameside . @susanwildman137 who appears in one of the many archive pics was a junior reporter, same time as me 😎 https://t.co/r1bGdbEHUY
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Daniel Takes A Train
7 months
We were a new entry at 37 on last Sunday's @HeritageChart. Can we go higher?...Your vote could make all the difference..Thanks everyone...❀️🎢🎡 **LINK TO VOTE BELOW** https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @MikeReadUK @miketameside @and_80s @choose80s @adamdowling @BBCRadioKent
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@BeatlemaniaUK
Beatlemania
7 months
πŸ‘΄ Paul wrote this at just 16 on his dad's piano - way before @thebeatles! 🎹 A cheeky music hall tune about growing old with your sweetheart ❀️ The '64' was random - he wasn't thinking of his own age! #PaulMcCartney #BeatlesTrivia #MusicHall #60sMusic
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
8 months
In a week of good news, we have even more good news to share!...We're on the brink of top 40 in The Heritage Chart, please put an X in our box, competition is tough!..🎢🎡😎 https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @MikeReadUK @miketameside @BBCRadioStoke @sian_superman
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
8 months
"You think you've got it made, on the Hit Parade, when you hear it on the radio!"..🎡🎢 Thanks for the spin, @MikeReadUK https://t.co/aXz4r5khTy @HeritageChart @SeanUsherRadio @sian_superman @1980sRewind @adamdowling @and_80s @BBCRadioKent @choose80s @CoathGraham @miketameside
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@TakesATrain
Daniel Takes A Train
1 year
A good week at DTAT HQ. Honeymoon into the @HeritageChart Top 20 and the release of Dan's book. Check it out here...😎🎡🎢 Whatever Happened to the Teenage Dream?: Postcards from the edge of '80s pop https://t.co/qXXU3ku1yx @SeanUsherRadio @miketameside @MikeReadUK @choose80s
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Daniel Takes A Train
1 year
Brilliant to see Honeymoon entering the @HeritageChart top 30. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to vote!...Can we go higher?...Please click the link below and vote for No.29....🀩 https://t.co/C2YUnaJfqS @SeanUsherRadio @MikeReadUK @adamdowling @choose80s @miketameside
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Mike Wallbank
1 year
The '80s band that time forgot' as featured on my similarly titled radio show. It's fair to say @tamesideradio was possibly the first station 'up North' to feature @TakesATrain and their toe tapping tune Honeymoon (hear it at 1 hr 22min)
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