Manchester: But all this is new. Two hundred years ago Manchester was famous - infamous even - for very different reasons. , according to BBC. It created a new kind of city: its skyline dotted with factory chimneys belching out steam and smoke, its workers housed in deprived conditions, in slums which clung close to the workplace, and where nature itself seemed in retreat. Millions of fans in all corners of the globe wear the red and blue favours of United and City. On match days, tens of thousands of people pour into the city, filling its hotels, and spending lavishly, simply to watch the teamsa games. In the early 19th Century Manchester became the shock citya of the industrial revolution: an example of what could be achieved when the new systems of mechanical, steam-driven production were harnessed to factory labour.
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