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A Mancunian is :-

A person associated by birth, education or residence in Greater Manchester,United Kingdom.

That's me - all three.

What distuinguishes a Mancunian from a Londoner?

Londoners lose the most umbrellas while Mancunians are the most superstitious about opening them indoors.

Survey by the Fulton umbrella company. Report: BBC, Sunday, 4 June, 2000

Best sites on the Web Master the Internet with tips and advice

[1] My thoughts on the Filipina Bride Phenomenon.

[2] Short-listing your Filipina - ciriteria.

[3] The first venture to find my Filipina

[4] My thoughts on some Mancunian photographs.

[5] Filipino Noses.

[6] Link to a great similar site

[7] The Filipina FAQ for Western men thinking of a Filipina wife.

[8] The Filipina sex file.

[9] Some Family Snaps

[10] Link to the Old Mancunians' web site

[11] My location (map)

[12] Grace has our baby pic story.

[13] Mancunian-American, Alastair Cooke, dies!

[14] Mancunian, John Thaw, "Inspector Morse" dies.

Manchester is:-

· A city evolved from a fort built by the Romans during the First Century to aid their occupation of Britain. The name derives from a woman's breast because the Roman name was Mamucium. The familiar name for mother around there is "Mam". Those affecting South England manners use "Mummy" suggesting, what?

Potted History:-

· A mile from the fort a village developed. The Romans deserted the fort in the Fourth Century and it was only re-established by the new occupiers, the Saxons, in the Tenth Century to contain the Norsemen. Salford, a very short distance away was initially of greater importance but eventually dwarfed my Manchester. During the Middle Ages it became a market town and an important centre for the wool trade and this connection with textiles led to the establishment of the cotton textile industry of the 18/19/20 TH. Century.

In the early 18 TH. Century Manchester had 10,000 population. But by the mid 19 TH. it had grown to over 300,000. Fifty years later it had spread to swallow surrounding cotton towns like Rochdale, Ashton, Stockport, Oldham. Bury and Bolton and was over 2,350,000.

This extraordinary growth made it the leading industrial conurbation in the Western world and one could realistically say that Manchester was the exemplification of The Industrial Revolution of Britain, the first industrial nation which shaped the modern world. It was the first of the great industrial cities of the world. The name Manchester has become the generic name for domestic textiles in Australia. Arguably, Manchester United is the most famous sporting club in the world and Manchester Grammar School the most successful secondary school in England. Manchester University is the largest in Britain and contains the largest medical school in Western Europe. It is second only to London in publishing, air freight and airport.

The growth of cotton textiles was accompanied by ancillary industries and new chemical, electrical, munition and heavy engineering industries. Trafford park - close to Manchester United FC and old Trafford County Cricket Club - became a massive heavy industrial estate. Bridgwater canal floated barges of coal from Worsley and Manchester was connected to the ocean- going cargo ships by the cutting of the Manchester Ship Canal. The worlds first commercial railway was built from Manchester to Liverpool. Three large railway stations connected the metropolis with Britain. Only London outdid Manchester in commerce. But only Manchester had steam mad King Cotton.

The whole was powered by steam engines fired by coal. The rudimentary steam pumps of the Western English mines had been elaborated into pounding monsters in gleaming engine rooms under the proud eye of the engineer with his oily cloth.. The floor thumped up through ones boots like some gigantic heartbeat from the centre of the earth. Whistling drive ropes connected the engine's huge, multi-grooved pulley wheel upwards to turn a main-shaft on every floor of the factory. This shaft was connected in turn to subsidiary shafts with belt wheels all across the ceiling. The whizzing belts spun diagonally down to turn the carding, spinning and weaving machines. It was hot and humid and the workers learned to lip read through the din.

Years after retirement the old mill workers still had exaggerated lip movements when speaking - and those from the weaving sheds were partly deaf from the clatter of the shuttle. To escape from the weaving shed to the outside world paralleled the relief of being pardoned from hell and let into heaven. Cold and silent relief. It was a few moments before one tuned in to the external sounds of wind and birds. Towering above it all were dozens of massive, brick-built chimneys spurting out black smoke which came to earth to cloak the humble, terraced, workers cottages and the mill-owners' villas alike in a garment of dark grey grime. On the chimley top protrudes a cruciate lightening rod that connects heaven and earth via a metal strip. This afforded a climbing "ladder" for nimble boys to test their courage for heights in competition with friends - "I dare you!"

To be continued.......................................bringing you up to date from King Cotton through the (some would say cleansing) IRA bomb on Market Street; present redevelopment and the triumphs of the Red Devils - MUFC.

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Mucky Manchester