Manchester has really made itself into the world capital of sports. Both the most famous sports team on the planet and the world heavyweight boxing champion are from the same city.
Even though Manchester's cathedral is over 500 years old, it was not an important city until the Industrial Revolution began there. At one time, more than half of the cotton items that were made in the world were made in Manchester. It was all about industry.
England was a logical place for the Industrial Revolution to get it's start. The country is not rich in resources, but two things that it does have in abundance were the early industrial essentials of coal and iron ore. London was the capital and had too many important buildings so that it didn't want the smoke that comes with industry, so the Industrial Revolution began some distance away, in Manchester.The city has the most famous sports team in human history, Manchester United. Every year, hopefuls come from all over the world for a chance to play for this team.
Manchester is inland, but used to have a port because a canal was built to link it to the sea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Manchester#/media/File:POMFirstCotton.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Ship_Canal#/media/File:Tanker_ship_canal.jpg
Next to the Manchester Arena is the very old Chetham's Library.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetham%27s_Library#/media/File:Chetham%27s_Library_2015_3.jpg
Friedrich Engels, the co-developer of Communist theory in the Nineteenth Century, lived for a long time in Manchester. Karl Marx, in exile in London, came to Manchester to visit Engels. The two met in this library, and their discussion was the beginning of the world-changing book, "The Communist Manifesto".
Thus, we could say that the modern economic landscape of Communism and Capitalism at opposite ends, and socialism as a reaction against both as the middle ground, began with the factories of Manchester. Engels and Marx thought that it would be better if the workers themselves owned the factories in which they worked, instead of many workers working for a few wealthy people.
The French Revolution began the replacement of kings with either republics or dictatorships, but the left against right economics began here. The modern terminology of left and right actually began in Britain's parliament when members would sit to either the left or the right of the aisle, depending on their political views.
Despite Manchester being the beginning of modern industrial society, England, with the typically Protestant attitude of think-for-yourself individualism, probably wasn't the best place for the collectivization of Communism to get started. But it would eventually spread to about a third of the world, and would also greatly affect the other two-thirds.
The following scenes begin near the Manchester Arena, and just outside the cathedral.
There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow, ^, before you can move on to the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >. After clicking the up arrow, you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, if you wish.
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These scenes begin in Piccadilly Gardens, near central Manchester.
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The following scenes begin just outside Albert Square.
Quite a bit has gone on at the Midland Hotel that you see in these scenes of central Manchester. I see it as a hub fostering business in the area in the same way that we saw in the posting on this blog, "The Waldorf-Astoria".
Adolf Hitler, who had studied architecture, was an admirer of the hotel. He possibly saw it as some kind of future headquarters, and made sure that no bombs landed anywhere near it. This hotel is where Charles Rolls first met Henry Royce, and the rest is automotive history.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4794799,-2.2455968,3a,75y,110.77h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1st01HEeVTgyaKLQkAz9cS_w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dt01HEeVTgyaKLQkAz9cS_w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D122.502914%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Despite Manchester being the beginning of modern industrial society, England, with the typically Protestant attitude of think-for-yourself individualism, probably wasn't the best place for the collectivization of Communism to get started. But it would eventually spread to about a third of the world, and would also greatly affect the other two-thirds.
The following scenes begin near the Manchester Arena, and just outside the cathedral.
There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow, ^, before you can move on to the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >. After clicking the up arrow, you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, if you wish.
These scenes begin in Piccadilly Gardens, near central Manchester.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4808591,-2.2368934,3a,75y,346.93h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sImeEKKtVnOs3n8e2BeCf7w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DImeEKKtVnOs3n8e2BeCf7w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D354.86386%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
The following scenes begin just outside Albert Square.
Quite a bit has gone on at the Midland Hotel that you see in these scenes of central Manchester. I see it as a hub fostering business in the area in the same way that we saw in the posting on this blog, "The Waldorf-Astoria".
Adolf Hitler, who had studied architecture, was an admirer of the hotel. He possibly saw it as some kind of future headquarters, and made sure that no bombs landed anywhere near it. This hotel is where Charles Rolls first met Henry Royce, and the rest is automotive history.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4794799,-2.2455968,3a,75y,110.77h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1st01HEeVTgyaKLQkAz9cS_w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dt01HEeVTgyaKLQkAz9cS_w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D122.502914%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
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