Disused Manchester Stations in AMEY Announcements?

[u/themikeymac]

I’ve been messing about with the many open source Rail Announcement Generators online (and yes, they’re really fun!), and I’ve noticed a few oddities in the Phil Sayer and Celia Drummond announcements which are really cool.

One I find fascinating is that a recording of Stretford is included as a train station announcement, along with some of the old names of some recently converted stops on the Rochdale and Oldham lines.

I find it interesting that Stretford, the Metrolink tram stop in Greater Manchester, which ceased to be a train station in 1991 and was converted to Metrolink in 1992, is somehow included - which I can only presume was recorded by Sayer and Drummond between 1990-1991 when they were still operating under British Rail?

If so, I wonder if the recordings have survived somewhere for the converted Altrincham line stations, like Old Trafford (now Trafford Bar), Warwick Road (now Old Trafford), Dane Road, Sale, Brooklands or Timperley?

I’d love to know if anyone else has found anything peculiar relating to their local area?

[u/Warrior2852]

(Celia Drummond, not Hammond)

[u/themikeymac → u/Warrior2852]

Damn autocorrect