Manchester - I spent a fascinating 4.5hrs on a Free Walking tour.
The history of this city that was once the largest industrial city in Europe. In its heyday it had 1000 textile mills operational and has the symbol of a worker bee to represent the busyness. 1/4 of the mills were destroyed in the 40's in the Blitz. The empty warehouses were used for the music industry, rave parties etc. And now many are being turned into funky apartments.
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| Liam Gallagher used to live here |
Went to the site of the 1996 IRA Bomb memorial. This indent had occurred not long before I came to UK to live. The area was barricaded off at the time and so interesting to see it all re-vamped.
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| BA cabin crew new friend Julie |
Manchester is now quite a vibrant city with a mix of new modern buildings and grand old buildings.
Nearly 15kms walked today.
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