Maybe we should have a whip round, or even contact the Foundation, they may think it's a worthwhile cause!

Think his thread should be locked now as met Holty tonight and he's a right poof, him and his better half Steve have been none stop talking about dirty man love all night long in Eccles.
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After yesterday’s game, there is problems to be sorted out (apart from the team)

signs must be put up i.e. one for Irlam and one for Eccles and the M60.
all traffic using the main bridge is sent left for Irlam only result lots of people doing U-turns at the airport, and then making a traffic jam at the lights.
everyone exiting the car park using the works road must go to the lights.

The lights should be manually controlled to keep the traffic moving

For what’s going to be like with a big crowd.

We got a cab from Eccles and the traffic down Liverpoo Road was shocking and is only going to get much worse with bigger crowds, found it odd coming out of the ground that despite wanting the cab to go towards Eccles we had to turn left but I'm sure it'll get sorted.

Did hear one thing that made me shake my head in that the stadium people were trying to move black cabs off the grounds as they didn't have permission to pick up there, the lady who picked us up refused as a hackney carriage is liscenced to pick up anywhere!

is it marked up as a taxi rank in front of the west stand?

Yup we managed to get the last cab out of there and they drivers were going mad, they were told to make the effort to support the stadium only for the security moving them on telling them they had no right to be there and they believed there [imay[/i be a little *ahem* agreement with a private cab company being drawn up by the stadium people, which for me is bound to fail as the company I was told about isn't really that local and aren't going to send cabs down there just to pick us up and drop us somewhere for a £3 trip!

During the planning process I'm sure it was outlined that there HAD to be a Hackney carriage rank and the stadium.

Private Hire taxi firms will not be allowed to wait and pick people up from the stadium/rank by law. Only Black Cabs can pick up people who haven't actually phoned a taxi. You would have thought the council who are part owners in the stadium would know about this law because they regulate it.

Surely having a taxi rank with waiting black cabs at the facility (during busy times) will be a very convenient service for visitors leaving the place.

If there is a financial agreement with a private hire taxi firm as mentioned in an earlier post then I can see this story making the headlines in the local advertiser. (Considering a taxi rank was shown on the original stadium plans)

Wasn't the law preventing pickups anywhere dropped a few years ago to encourage competition?

I thought the hackney's waiting outside were a great idea, though I wouldn't be too keen on them keeping the meter running while trying to get off the car park!

No the lady cabbie was telling me that the club were moving the black cabs iff the stadium grounds as they didn't have permission to pick up there. If I understand the law it states that a black cab can pick up anywhere?

and so can a private hire vehicle. The only difference is that ph cars cannot wait in a Taxi rank nor use Taxi lanes etc, as they are not infact a 'taxi'. Also, ph vehicles cannot solicit for business on the street (but may be approached by a prospective client no matter of the location) It is then the ph drivers responsibility to book any consequential fare via his operator to ensure that insurance regs are met. (Although these rules appear to go completely out of the window in the vicinity of The Printworks at 2.30 am on Friday and Saturday night

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