American Reacts to Manchester England

[@drivingiron]

A popular Manchester saying: "If you can see the Derbyshire hills, it's going to rain. If you can't see them, it's already raining."

[@lifelongred7056]

Absolute rubbish I've lived in Manchester 51 years never heard that before.

[@stantier2865]

Never heard that in my life. I think you're making it up.

[@HighHoeKermit]

In 1835, the French historian and social observer Alexis de Tocqueville journeyed to England and recorded in his diary his impression of a visit to the industrial city of Manchester.
“From this foul drain, the greatest stream of human industry flows out to fertilize the world. From this filthy sewer pure gold flows. Here humanity attains its most complete development and its most brutish; here civilization works its miracles, and here civilized man is turned back almost into a savage.”
The symbol of Manchester became the worker Bee in 1842, for this is a city that grew on the notion of hard work. An often-repeated phrase is that “everyone in Manchester is as busy as bees.”
Following the May 2017 terror attack at Manchester Arena, the bee took on a new resonance and was reinforced as a symbol of civic pride in the city. Visit Manchester and you will see the symbol as street art on buildings, in shops across the city and come across many of its residents bearing their own bee tattoos.

[@myview2543]

Great quote. Similar quote from a German around that time anyone know it?

[@HighHoeKermit]

Last time I was on "one of those boats" in Manchester, it was a party boat for a work Christmas do... and I'm afraid I Don't remember much else about it!

[@davidclark3603]

Live very close to Manchester. There aren't any bad areas to speak of. You said some very nice things about us. Thank you very much!

[@charlottemartin4715]

From what I know; it was one of the main cities where the industrial revolution began. (Trains and factories)

[@RETROGAMINGL2G]

I'm from manchester and i can confirm it's always bloody cloudy 🤦‍♂️ also everybody must go to the museums, they truly are special.

[@airs1234]

I’m from Manchester, come visit. It’s a bit miserable with the weather but the lifestyle is amazing.

[@nick7076]

Wool weaving was a home industry before the industrial revolution. As cotton came into Liverpool the water for power then the large Lancashire coal seams and the climate being on the edge of the pennines gave Manchester an edge. People who had worked the land came to the city as industrialisation meant they weren't needed in the fields.
Similar growth happened in other major cities such as Birmingham with the industrialisation of the lotteries to the west and north.
Glasgow with its large river estuary was ideal for ship building. Newcastle and the north east became exporters of coal from the northern coal fields after first inventing railways to transport it.
Every major UK city with an industrial past had a unique set of circumstances that set it up for its particular growth.

[@helenjarvis7755]

Soccer (we call football) is the game played and loved from Europe to South America Africa and some Asian countries etc. It started as a club game in the UK and we all grew up with it.

[@916reactions2]

Much respect

[@homoerectus6953]

Hills, Rivers, Coal and Cotton...…It's damp so the treads didn't break, thus it was the best place to have industry. Also cheep labour....lots of cheep labour.

[@baylessnow]

cheap

[@CR-rw9ci]

The industrial revolution, modern computers, the first train, the first canal, the first submarine, the first competitive football match, amazing music, oh and the atom was split in Manchester too. There’s more but we don’t like to brag.

[@andyb2920]

How do lad, I live in a small town called Oldham just 8 miles north east from Manchester. Have a look at 'bee here now' on you tube. He does a lot of vlogs on the city and the surrounding areas, I've found all interesting. He has a varied list of titles well worth a watch. From a prospective of my understanding the industrial revolution started around 1750 in this part of country. Cotton was king and fabric made from it was exported all over the world. The climate benefits fabrics made from cotton. Just to give you an idea how big it was, Oldham itself covers an area of about 52 square miles , 2/3 of which are country side. At its peak Oldham had around 350 cotton mills operating in the urban part of the town producing more cotton fabrics than France and Germany put together. Take care fella.

[@Codex7777]

It used to be known as 'Cottonopolis'. At one time roughly 90% of the World's cotton cloth was manufactured here!

[@acme181169]

Rain! Rain is the what gave Manchester it's advantage. It was/is the perfect climate for processing raw cotton. That's why it's called Cottonopolis.

[@lifelongred7056]

In Manchester we have the Midland hotel where Mr Rolls met Mr Royce,the rest is history. Rolls Royce was born.

[@lewdar_]

at 10:49 there's a post box just behind the tree on the right that withstood a terrorist attack by the IRA in 1996, the bomb went off super close and it barely had a scratch

[@lindylou6864]

Went to a leaving ‘do’ in the Egyptian Room in the British Museum once. Somehow could not put my wine glass down on the glass case above the sarcophagi like everyone else. Felt weird having canapés in a room full of the deceased!

[@worthalook4870]

My home city - thanks for reacting

[@craigireland5629]

Continuing to recommend AdventureShawn for interesting videos of various places around the UK from an everyman point of view.
Yes, Manchester is well known for being a 'touch damp' 😂

[@stuarthamer3246]

Manchester has just been voted the 3rd best city in the world by Time Out magazine after Asan Francisco and Amsterdam. Mainly for its sense of community, friendly people and night life, particularly music. Manchester was the first city in the world to have a professional orchestra, the Halle orchestra. The city original growth came from cotton where the humid environment created the conditions for cotton goods manufacturing, along with inventions such as the spinning Jenny, Flying shuttle and spinning mule. The first canal, Bridgewater, was constructed in Manchester along with the worlds first passenger train between Liverpool and Manchester. The most recent Manchester invention…….Graphene

[@randylee1777]

I’ve seen that “cool” building up close. It looked run down and abandoned. Now I’ll admit I didn’t study it. I glanced at it while my train went by. I flew into Manchester and took a train to Leeds to see The Long Ryders in concert at The Wardrobe. I met some friends there, had a pint with them at The Duck and Drake pub and we went to the show. The next morning I took the train back to Manchester to see The Long Ryders at Manchester University. The plan was to stay in my room at The Ibis Hotel until showtime. I realized my wife’s birthday was coming up so I walked halfway across the city to Marks and Spencers, my wife’s favorite department store in the UK to buy her a gift. I remember thinking to myself how I would not mind living there. Here is a video I recorded at the Manchester show. czcams.com/video/_fOJVEeL6Aw/video.html

[@capablancauk]

The main reason demand increased was the Bridgewater canal. Because of the ease of transportation of large amounts of cotton and wool goods on water and not horse prices dropped a lot. Manchester had coal, water and labour force. The Bridgewater got goods to the ports for export. When the railway arrive Manchester was in prime location to take advantage again due to coal. The climate was important to as to much heat can mess up the weaving process.
Names associated with Manchester are Brindley, Nyesmith and Stevenson. A walk along the Bridgewater canal will give you a real insight into our industrial past.
I lived right along side of the canal and did history.
Computers got a head start in Manchester because the program cards used in weaving pattens were the template for computer cards holding data.

[@paulbostock9448]

Here in Manchester we do have rough areas on the outskirts of the city not unlike many other cities however, with out these outlining areas we would not get the creative influences that have captured the city's musical identity, such as The Stone Rose's, The Smiths, The Happy Monday's, Oasis and The Inspiral Carpets to name just a fraction and the creativity of the outskirts of the city. Come to the Rainy City... you will love it.

[@itsonlyme9938]

As mentioned Manchester had the first Railway Station in the world which had its own goods yard and passenger station which accelerated the industrial revolution it had already began with the arrival of canals. There was a lot of cotton mills at one time and a industral park, called Trafford Park a former dee park, where heavy engineering was carried out and stuff was exported/ imported through the Manchester ship canal and to transport the goods it had its own railway with tracks going to the numerous factory,s
Westinghouse a American company set up a factory and built houses for its workers and named the streets 3rd and 4th street we here use names instead.
The weather in Manchester its not always dark clouds we do have sunny days.

[@leedavies4589]

we helped end slavery even got a letter from Lincoln say we helped end slave trade

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Those gits across the Penines have a saying, the only reason Manchester exists its to keep the rain off Sheffield, but it's the run off from the moors and the abundance of coal that made the towns around Manchester ideal for textiles.
As for football, it's you lot who are weird. There's nowhere on earth that takes American Football seriously, Apart from America itself and every other country embraced real football a long time ago.

[@stevebradley704]

No mention of the music scene?

[@916reactions2]

I know, right!? I was expecting something, but it never came!

[@knowlesy3915]

They did film some of the Hogwarts scenes in the Rylands library.

[@916reactions2]

I knew it! Thanks for watching!

[@uppyraptor49]

Cotton and very clever people

[@leedavies4589]

the night life is epic you must try it
there is rough and good parts

[@dyingtolive3147]

Try Manchester music:
Joy division, stone roses, the smiths, elbow, happy Mondays, New order, Oasis, 808 state, the 1975, 10cc, the bee gees, the buzz cocks, the courteneers, Morissey, simply red, Harry styles from 1d, the verve, bugzy Malone, Rick Astley, some of thin lizzy, take that, the chemical brothers.
That's not even 1/5 of the bands and artist from Manchester which is a city that is only 45 square miles.

[@leedavies4589]

Manchester has a letter from LIncoln saying he supported our decision to not use slave labour with cotton

[@TheGuvOfWythenshawe]

I'd take an American down the streets of Harpurhey, Moston, Newton Heath, Clayton, Gorton and my birth place that is Wythenshawe (hence my name!) ;)

[@jimfield3660]

The best city in the world to live.

[@Paul-hl8yg]

England invented football (many other sports too). Football is a huge global game, with massive football stadiums all over the World & a fan base of millions upon millions. American football is a mix of English football & English Rugby. English rules football is far bigger globally than its American equivalent. Major sports from the UK are Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Darts, Rounders (game led to baseball), Badminton, Bowls, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Bobsleigh, English Billiards, Curling, Snooker. As a Northerner in England, i will say that any real Englishman must be proud of Manchester & its People! A great city, punished in the war like most of Our cities/towns.. And like many, have grown again. With every city in the UK, theres plenty of history.. Manchester, the start of the Industrial revolution.. Has a big place in not only British history but globally too! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@B33FY97]

Pisses down here almost everyday mate 😂. Look at the darker side of Manchester there’s a lot of crime it’s pretty interesting

[@leedavies4589]

we love our rain lol

[@CM-1723]

React to Every country England as ever invaded visualised

[@michaelriordan8265]

So much more to Manchester than this video shows, come to Manchester and you won't be disappointed, of course you have the nutters just like any other cities, by the way, you might walk into next door which is another city called Salford, yes there's a great Nightlife for for everyone,, I'm a proud Mancunian, and there's lots more in the jar, come to England

[@uppyraptor49]

Theres only the USA & CANADA THATS not big on football?

[@mana3735]

Hmmm. I live in Manchester...they'ye only showing the nice bits!

[@homoerectus6953]

shush you, we dont show Openshaw to outsiders.....

[@mana3735]

@@homoerectus6953 ..or most of Salford. Most of Moss side. Most of Rusholme, Longsight, Levenshulme!!! Haha. Oh...don't for get Wythenshawe. And Chetham Hill. Chorlton's quite nice though.

[@homoerectus6953]

@@mana3735 You now sound like a Beautiful South tune....lol

[@HighHoeKermit]

@@homoerectus6953 Certainly doesn't sound like a Beautiful North tune!

[@homoerectus6953]

@@HighHoeKermit haha The Beautiful South area northern band that did a song called "Manchester".

[@chrisshelley3027]

If you look at a map of the UK and see where Manchester is, it's in the middle of England just to the left, then look at a fairly narrow band across the UK and you will see places such as Sheffield, Leeds, Doncaster, Liverpool, Newcastle, Durham, Derby and many more, Doncaster and Newcastle are sitting on hundreds of years of coal reserves, much of the power used in the industrial revolution, also you'll notice the canals going too and fro to all of these towns and Cities, this is why this area was so important, it had the workforce, the fuel and it was out of sight of London, they didn't want to see the working classes, but since coal is now a dirty word the North has been left to rot, but we'll manage. A place I didn't mention is York, it was the capital long before London, the Romans in 43ad chose York, take a look, there is far more history and historic buildings there than you'll see in London.

[@leedavies4589]

you can but got to be special :P to read Karl Marx etc

[@davidhoward5392]

It's okay but not Newcastle spot of northern rivalry, it's a good weekend but not as good as the Toon...

[@michaelhorrobin8892]

The birth place of the Industrial Revolution was Ironbridge in Shropshire, not Manchester.

[@InterMalager]

Manchester is the wettest place in the Universe

[@jon-ei8iz]

Get rid of the music