#manchester

In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#carry #course #effect #energetic #found

I'm honoured to have been selected to be the Labour candidate for Manchester Central. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#candidate #central #honoured #i #labour

I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#disrespect #down #experiment #extensions #fake

In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#birmingham #broken #come #completely #cope

It shows a mediocre architect at the top of his game [on the Beetham Tower in Manchester] ↗

— Owen Hatherley

#criticism #manchester #modern #architecture

Will we ever see his like again? It is doubtful. But at least for a brief moment in time we were lucky to have him as one of our own: an English lionheart who was the terror of the continent, who earned the love and respect of everyone who had the privilege to see him in action and above all was a thoroughly decent hero of whom we can be proud. Rest in peace 'Big Dunc'. Your feats will echo in eternity. ↗

— James Leighton

#busby-babes #duncan-edwards #football #manchester-united #sports

John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#bombing #carefully #century #dalton #destroyed

Both Chelsea and Manchester United will be challenging for the Premiership title next season. ↗

— Roy Evans

#challenging #chelsea #manchester #manchester united #next

I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#career #i #i always #manchester #manchester united

You know Manchester is always a bit of a hard place for people coming from London, just with all the history. Manchester has this immensely huge and healthy history musically. ↗

— Graham Coxon

#bit #coming #hard #hard place #healthy