Manchester Destroyed in Eartquake

[KeithD]

....we can live in hope :rolleyes:

[RickyR]

How about Bradford?

[Dedworth]

....we can live in hope :rolleyes:


I'll second that

[KeithD]

How about Bradford?
That shifted to Pakistan... it fits in better :D

[aromulus]

I will gladly donate a few gallons of petrol and a box of swan vestas to start the cleansing bonfires...:D

[triple5]

That would then give Liverpool a chance to expand, could even be the new capital :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[aromulus]

That would then give Liverpool a chance to expand, could even be the new capital :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Liverpool would be next.......:D

[joebloggs]

still here :xxgrinning--00xx3:

you lot are just jelly belly living in your insignificant pathetic town and cities :D, its probably not even on any Satnav as no one cares :rolleyes:

[somebody]

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still here :xxgrinning--00xx3:

you lot are just jelly belly living in your insignificant pathetic town and cities :D, its probably not even on any Satnav as no one cares :rolleyes:

So is brum or Manny the 2nd city:Erm:

yours cheekily

one of your superiors in the Capital City

[joebloggs]

whats brum famous for :Erm: ............ second city :icon_lol: :action-smiley-081:


how far do you live from that city place that bankrupted this great country ?

[Amaw2008]

No-one doubts the London town is the first city, but Brum the second city? Don't make me laugh! Has it got a motorway ring road? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it got a major international airport? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it got a tram/light rail system? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it got two of the richest football clubs in the world? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it recently hosted the Commonwealth Games? No. Has Manchester? Yes. I rest my case.

[KeithD]

The first official capital was Malmesbury, and this later changed to Winchester. London City is now the capital ... not London :xxgrinning--00xx3:. So if you only live in London, you are not officially in the capital.

[Arthur Little]

... earth-shattering words!!! :Bricks:

[Arthur Little]

The first official capital was Malmesbury, and this later changed to Winchester.

:cwm24: ... didn't KNOW that!

[KeithD]

:cwm24: ... didn't KNOW that!
You did it's just faded away :D

[Arthur Little]

*London City is now the capital ... not London :xxgrinning--00xx3:. So if you only live in London, you are not officially in the capital.

:gp: ... actually, I believe the UK Capital's *official title is the 'City of Westminster'; the rest ... comprising the numerous Boroughs ... comes under Greater London. But then, I'm a lowly Scot ... so what do I know? :rolleyes:

[Arthur Little]

To settle the argument about the United Kingdom's *largest cities ... in terms of population, that is ... here are the 'Top Ten' in order of precedence:

1, London
2, Birmingham
3, Manchester
4, Liverpool
5, Glasgow ... yehey! :Kilt:
6, Sheffield
7, Nottingham
8, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
9, Bristol
10, Leeds

*Based in accordance with statistical data published in Gt. Britain in 2004 by Philip's World Traveller's Atlas.

[Arturo]

....we can live in hope :rolleyes:

The words from a true scouse.....

Now if man U had lost I would not have said a wrong word about Liverpool, I would be too busy laughing! :icon_lol:

[aromulus]

No-one doubts the London town is the first city, but Brum the second city? Don't make me laugh! Has it got a motorway ring road? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it got a major international airport? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it got a tram/light rail system? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it got two of the richest football clubs in the world? No. Has Manchester? Yes. Has it recently hosted the Commonwealth Games? No. Has Manchester? Yes. I rest my case.

Has Manchester got Spaghetti Junction...?:Erm:.. NO...:D

Has Manchester got a place to send people you don't like...??? They got Coventry in Brrrrum:icon_lol:

Has Manchester got Ian living there...???:Erm: That's a big no........ So there..........:doh

[Amaw2008]

Manchester has got its own spaghetti junction in the north-west, where the M61, the M60 (eight lanes wide) and the A580 meet. Also, it doesn't go BRRRDUMP, BRRRDUMP, BRRRDUMP when you drive along it, and being on the ground, it's in no danger of falling down like the Birmingham one. As for crap areas and mega-posh areas ( Bowden, Wilmslow, Hale etc, highest house prices outside London), Manchester has no shortage of either.

[aromulus]

As for crap areas and mega-posh areas ( Bowden, Wilmslow, Hale etc, highest house prices outside London), Manchester has no shortage of either.


Even more reasons to nuke the place..........:icon_lol:

[les_taxi]

Football aside,liverpool is brill,the best ever band the beatles,great architecture,a place of great fun and sense of humour love it there.

I have seen more violence on the streets of my so called posh town harrogate than in liverpool

As for bham what a **** hole,dirty,intimidating and manky:censored:

[KeithD]

As for bham what a **** hole,dirty,intimidating and manky:censored:
:xxgrinning--00xx3: ... goes for Leeds as well....

[Arthur Little]

Football aside,liverpool is brill, a place of *great fun and sense of humour

*Qualities it shares with Glasgow ... my birthplace ... :football21:included!

[les_taxi]

:xxgrinning--00xx3: ... goes for Leeds as well....

Yes it's a different world:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Amaw2008]

I will be a bit more serious folks, and not just **** off Bimingham for no reason. I lived in Manchester from my early teens (1973) until 1989, and fair enough, at that time there was no big difference between the two cities. What has happened is more recent. When the economy was doing well, between 1996 and the start of the present slump in 2007, people in the computer and media industries found London office space too expensive and began looking further away. The blunt truth is that converted cotton mills make more pleasant offices than converted steel works (Manchester was built on cotton and Birmingham on steel). Nearly a third of the BBC is now in Manchester. Besides this, there is the money from the football clubs (including Liverpool), and the fact that Manchester has spent on infrastructure (the airport and the Metrolink system). Another factor is that Birmingham is much nearer to London; people with money travel there anyway at the weekend, rather than spend their money in Brum. Deansgate and the area around it have a very London-like atmosphere, and south and south-west Manchester and the part of Cheshire next to it are mega-wealthy. If you don't believe me, travel there and have a look for yourself. I often wish that I hadn't moved away from the area. In many ways it is brash new money, but it is impressive. It's just a statement of fact, Birmingham is ahead on population only, and that may well change in the future.

[somebody]

:gp: ... actually, I believe the UK Capital's *official title is the 'City of Westminster'; the rest ... comprising the numerous Boroughs ... comes under Greater London. But then, I'm a lowly Scot ... so what do I know? :rolleyes:

The city of London is not where either houses of parliment,whitehall or Buckingham palace and as you say its the City of Westminster where all the "power" is.

BUt then saying that many of the money makers and the Bank of England are in the City of London who some would say hold the real power..

[somebody]

The first official capital was Malmesbury, and this later changed to Winchester. London City is now the capital ... not London :xxgrinning--00xx3:. So if you only live in London, you are not officially in the capital.

Indeed

London is no longer just a little city its a conubation same with some other places up norf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conurbation#United_Kingdom