Trent Barton - A Real Mixed Bag

Advantages: Polite Drivers, relatively new buses
Disadvantages: poor punctuality, low customer care, VERY expensive

...I live on the outskirts of Nottingham and, as i have no car, busses are often the only way I can get around. The ONLY bus service that operates through my area is Trent Barton (the rainbow 4 service and the 15, 18/32 and commuter express services). It is fair to say that travelling with Trent Barton is like playing the lottery, if you get lucky things are very good....but if you aren't lucky it can be really frustrating. For example, here's a little itinery of two days this week when I used Trent Barton. DAY ONE Arrive at the bus stop five minutes before the bus is due. Having waited fifteen minutes two busses arrive at once, I wave the bus down and the ask the driver for my fare, he utters not a word, gives me a ticket and change. The bus is full and I am forced to stand for the entire journey, it is also unbearably hot...

musicmaker2904 14.01.2005 (17.01.2005) · Read review
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Juice me up Andrew!

Advantages: Thicker looking hair with a lovely shine
Disadvantages: Only available from Asda

...I came across this product in Asda last week when I was looking for something to give my fine hair a bit more body. At £3.00 for 250ml I thought it wasn't too expensive and if it didn't work, as so many different products I've tried didn't, well at least I hadn't wasted too much money. It comes in a tall cylindrical black plastic bottle with a lift off top and has a spray applicator. The words Shiny Happy Hair Andrew Barton Big Hair Lifting Juice Body Building Style Spray are written in green and white on the front of the bottle. I must confess I've never heard of Andrew Barton but on doing some research I discovered he had been in the hairdressing business for over 25 years tending the hair of the rich and famous. His new haircare range has been sold exclusively from Asda since 2007. ***WHAT THE BLURB SAYS*** This body...

manlybeach 03.08.2009 · Read review
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A plotline that was murdered!

Advantages: It does actually have a good premise
Disadvantages: Too many errors, one major plot mistake!

...A plotline that was murdered! The Murder Game by Beverly Barton ~ About Beverly Barton ~ Born and raised in Alabama, Beverly had her first novel published in 1990. She was by then a mother whose children had left the nest, and so started writing to help fill in some of her time. She considers herself to have two writing styles. Some books are noted as being romantic suspense, the others just simply romance books in nature. She has now written over 60 novels in both genres. The Murder game was released in 2008. ~ The book synopsis. ~ We begin with someone being hunted through woodland. A woman is trying desperately to escape the clutches of her tormentor, but eventually he wins and she is killed. He has now killed 5 women in 5 different states. But the game for the hunter has changed. No longer satisfied just...

runetune 13.10.2008 · Read review
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Life in Industrialising Manchester

Advantages: Story isn't too bad
Disadvantages: An irritating writing style in my opinion

...Mary Barton is the first of many books I have to read for my English degree course. It was written in 1848 by Elizabeth Gaskell and tells the story of Mary Barton and all those close to her as they struggle to survive in Industrialising Manchester. Now being more into fast paced crime novels, informative historical fiction and chilling thought provoking mystery stories, Mary Barton was never going to be my cup of tea. I can however see how and why it would appeal to others, especially to those with a more classic taste in fiction or those who have a profound interest in the lives and times of people in hardship. Mary Barton is a situational novel and at the beginning introduces us to two families the Barton's and the Wilson's. It is here that we learn that John Barton is a questioner of the distribution of wealth and has no...

MI9to5 10.11.2008 (14.02.2009) · Read review
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A 'Splashing' Story!

Advantages: fun to read
Disadvantages: none

...With such hot and wilting weather that we are having these days, I can't think of a better book to read with your child than 'The Pig in the Pond'. It is written by Martin Waddell who is one of our favourite children's authors and has written such wonderful books as 'Owl Babies' and 'Snow Bears'. In this book he is ably partnered by the illustrator Jill Barton. 'The Pig in the Pond' is a lovely picture book that tells a sweet but simple story about what happened on a very hot and dry day. It all takes place on Farmer Neligan's farm when he goes off to town one day. Neligan's pig is feeling the heat and is very envious of the ducks and the geese coolly swimming about in Neligan's pond. The pig does not go in the pond though because of course pigs can't swim. However, as the afternoon grows hotter, the pig becomes more and more desperate...

kingfisher111 02.07.2009 · Read review
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Closing The Ring - Barton Shines

Advantages: Romantic, touching, interesting story, great performance by Barton
Disadvantages: Cried to much, involved with the IRA makes it very dark places

...As a fan of Mischa Barton I was excited to see, this romantic but traumatic tear jerker of a film, which switches been 1941 and 1991. The film starts at a funeral of the main characters late husband and is not interested in saying goodbye to the man that she was married to for 50 years, but she has a secret that she has kept for over 50 years. The story then changes to early 1990's Ireland in the middle of the IRA's campaign. I found this part of the story of interesting as the founding of the ring that pieces together the events of 1941 and 1991. The film then goes back to 1941 with the story of how the ring got to Ireland and the tale of three boys in love with the same girl and how it ended, with a marriage and death and a hidden wall. The story is sad at sometimes, I went through half a box of tissues as I cried so much...

cali_rose 15.07.2008 · Read review
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Behind The Mask of Time

Advantages: Visually Stunning Theatrical Production of an Amazing Play Cycle
Disadvantages: May be too long for some

...This refers to the live performance of Tantalus at Newcastle Theatre Royal, but there was nowhere for live theatre reviews so on the advice of the folk at Ciao I've put it here. Where to begn. A lot of the detail is taken from the Tantalus website and I recommend that you visit it if you wish to find out more about the production. It is located at: http://www.denvercenter.org/tantalus/ Tantalus is a copruduction between the Denver Center for The Performing Arts and the Royal Shakespeare Company of John Barton's play cycle based on the Trojan War. It is the result of twenty years work on Barton's part and it shows in the huge spread of the production. A synopsis is available from the website. The cycle is split into three sections "The Outbreak of War" , "The War" and "The Homecomings". Each of these sections last around...

mikeydred 14.03.2001 · Read review
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Studying non-fiction texts for GCSE English

Advantages: Excellent examples of texts; advice on answering
Disadvantages: Answer book sold separately

...No matter which exam board students take the GCSE English Language exam with, they will have to sit a paper that presents two non-fiction texts or 'items' which they will be questioned on and asked to compare in some way. Geoff Barton's 'Comprehension to GCSE' is a book that presents a collection of paired texts under different genres - autobiography, reportage, campaign ads, travel writing amongst others - and gives questions of the type that would be set in an exam. The questions that require fuller answers carrying between four and eight marks are followed by advice to show students what kind of information to look for in the text and how to structure a well-written response. Taking the Samaritans campaign ad as an example, the preliminary advice suggests looking at different types of advertisements on television as well as in...

denella 09.06.2008 · Read review
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A celebration hotel break.

Advantages: Near the motorway, wonderful food, comfortable rooms
Disadvantages: Nothing to do in Barton

...Firstly Barton Grange hotel is no longer with Best Western. It is a Classic Hotel. Secondly it is 4 star! To quote their rating "A Deluxe 4 star hotel is exceptionally well maintained with deluxe standards of accommodation, facilities and public rooms that offer every comfort with excellent service." Do I agree? Well read on and you will see what I think! My husband was searching for a hotel half way between where we live in Scotland and where my sister and her husband live in England. We wanted to treat them for a special occasion. We wanted a bit of luxury, good food, an indoor pool and places nearby to visit whatever the weather. The Barton Grange hotel looked as if it fitted these requirements and so we booked 2 nights B&B for the four of us, over the internet. Later we decided to go a day earlier and emailed our booking...

jo145 15.11.2006 · Read review
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The Wooden Spoon Award 2003 Goes To...

Advantages: Excellent drivers on the whole, new buses, value for money ticketing
Disadvantages: Litter strewn buses, AWFUL Customer Services, poor timetable availabilty

...Trent Barton (by their own claim) is one of the few remaining independent bus companies left in the UK and they?ve been around in one guise or another for the best part of a century. With a fleet of over 300 buses and employing roughly 1,000 local people, they are based in Henor, Derbyshire and run routes throughout Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and as far to the north as Manchester. This leads them to the belief that they can offer a better and more personal service than their rivals. But does it work like that in practice? ~ Routes/Timetables ~ As a generalisation, Trents? buses cover the vast majority of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire but they do partake in small forays into north Leicestershire and south Yorkshire; one bus also runs to Manchester via Stockport. The bulk of their routes link estates to each other and smaller...

rachels_ratty 24.11.2003 (29.11.2003) · Read review
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