Manchester

Manchester is a great City (city) and local government district in the ceremonial County of Greater Manchester. The area of 115.7 km². Manchester is with 452.000 inhabitants (2006) the fifth largest city in England. The Greater Manchester urban area has about 2.6 million inhabitants.

Manchester applies throughout the world as the archetype of a textile City, Flemish weavers established themselves there partly because.The city was important in the rise of the industrial revolution where the river Irwell, the Manchester Ship Canal, the Rochdale Canal and the Bridgewater Canal played an important role.

Manchester is among other things known for the world famous football clubs Manchester United and Manchester City FC.



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[hide] *1 parts of the district City of Manchester  ==Parts of the district City of Manchester[ Edit] == ==Climate[ Edit] == Manchester has just like the rest of England a temperate climate (Köppen Cfb according to the system). The rainfall hardly differ from those of anywhere in Netherlands ==Destruction and recovery[ Edit] == ===Second World War<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Like most cities in Great Britain also retired Manchester in 1940 after the war industry. The presence of factories for rubber, bombs and planes made her a target for the Luftwaffe (air weapon in German). The worst attacks came in the nights of 22/23 and 23/24 december 1940. Approximate amount was then such a 475 tons of high-explosive bombs as well as 37,000 incendiary bombs off. A large part of the historic city centre was destroyed, 376 people lost their lives and more than 25,000 homes were damaged.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="162" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]
 * 2 Climate
 * 3 destruction and recovery
 * 3.1 Second World War
 * 3.2 Attacks
 * 4 well-known building work
 * 5 Music
 * 5.1 pop music
 * 5.2 classical music
 * 6 public transport
 * 7 town twinning
 * Born 8
 * 9 see also
 * 10 external links
 * Castlefield
 * Chorlton-cum-Hardy
 * Chorlton-on-Medlock
 * Crumpsall
 * Didsbury
 * Fallowfield
 * Manchester City Centre
 * Moss Side
 * Old Trafford
 * Rusholme
 * Withington

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also the famous Manchester Cathedral was heavily damaged. It took 20 years to restore the old glory in her again. ===Attacks<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Manchester has several times been the target of attacks by Irish Republicans. In 1867 (Manchester Martyrs), 1920 (arson), 1939 (a series explosions) and 1992 (two bomb attacks). The largest attack occurred on June 15, 1996 when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a heavy bomb near a department store. At this attack fell 200 injured, several buildings were heavily damaged and broke the windshield to over half a kilometer away. The damage was enormous and many companies had to close by the end of the business.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Yet the last attack not only has been negative. To repair the damage had to be invested heavily there. By this investment golf and short time later came the 2002 Commonwealth Games held urban renewal finally going.Today, Manchester a modern city heart and many modern appealing buildings. ==Famous buildings<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Pop Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Manchester was home to The Bee Gees in their early years. Other famous bands from Manchester are Buzzcocks, Oasis, Take That, The Hollies, Elbow and 10CC. Also two of the three girls from the Sugababes grew up in Manchester, where they also often occur.
 * the Manchester Cathedral with a construction history of 600 years
 * the Imperial War Museum North in Trafford Park, located near the football stadium of Manchester United.
 * the John Rylands Library, a library in a neo-Gothic building
 * the Museum of Science and Industry, or MOSI, a museum that the achievements on scientific and industrial area of Manchester highlights
 * the Beetham Tower, the tallest building in Manchester

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the eighties and nineties of the 20th century, Manchester was the center of renewal of British pop music and home to a number of leading clubs and bands like Joy Division, New Order, Inspiral Carpets, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, section 25, Crispy Ambulance, Simply Red, The Smiths, The Durutti Column, and Oceansize.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">One of the drivers was the record label Factory Records. The nightclub The Haçienda enjoyed worldwide fame in the early 1990s until the case was closed because of problems with gangs and drugs. ===Classical music<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Hallé Orchestra is the Symphony Orchestra of Manchester. This orchestra gives concerts in the Bridgewater Hall. Also the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra has Manchester as home port. ==Public transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are a number of railway stations In Manchester, including Manchester Piccadilly Station, Manchester Victoria Station, Station Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road Station. Manchester Piccadilly is the busiest station in England outside London. Station Manchester Airport Manchester Airport connects the airport with the city.

<p lang="en" len="307" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Metro shuttle is a free bus service that via three lines the main passenger stations and streets of Manchester connects. ==Town Twinning<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="251" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Manchester has official town twinning with:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="162" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

<p lang="en" len="61" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">And in addition, the city also friendship with:
 * Chemnitz (Germany), since 1983
 * Saint Petersburg (Russia), since 1962
 * Wuhan (China), since 1986

==Born<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Bilwi (Nicaragua)
 * Córdoba (Spain)
 * Faisalabad (Pakistan)
 * Los Angeles (United States)
 * Rehovot (Israel)
 * Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859), writer and intellectual
 * Elihu Thomson (1853-1937), American inventor
 * Jack Reynolds (1881-1962), football manager, among other AFC Ajax
 * Douglas Lowe (1902-1981), athlete (Olympic champion 800 m 1924 + 1928)
 * Brian Easdale (1909-1995), composer
 * John Doherty (1935-2007), football player
 * Norman Foster (1935), architect
 * Joe Corrigan (1948), football player
 * Jeremy Gittins (1956), actor
 * Martin Fry (1958), singer (ABC)
 * Gary Megson (1959), football player and trainer
 * Morrissey (1959), singer (among other things The Smiths)
 * John Byrne (1961), footballer
 * Johnny Marr (1963), rock musician (The Smiths)
 * Linus Roache (1964), actor
 * Andy Rourke (1964), rock musician (among other things The Smiths)
 * Noel Gallagher (1967), rock musician (Oasis)
 * Liam Gallagher (1972), rock musician (Oasis)
 * Lee Dixon (1964), football player
 * Darren Campbell (1973), athlete
 * Marsha Thomason (1976), actress
 * Andi Jones (1978), athlete
 * Wes Brown (1979), football player
 * K Westwood (1984), Irish footballer
 * Max George (1988), lead singer of The Wanted
 * Danny Welbeck (1990), football player
 * Danny Drinking water (1990), football player
 * Tyler Blackett (1994), football player