Manchester
About Manchester
Manchester is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million.
On the show — 110 mentions total
The term acid rain was coined in Manchester in 1872. Friedrich Engels, who lived here for a little while, described it as a place of filth and uninhabitableness — hell on earth.
from No Such Thing As Singing The Sport, 2019-05-17 at 00:22:13 · read transcript
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Yeah. I think the church one is weird, because I know that, so there's a thing in capitalism right where if you've got a shop that sells a certain thing like baby clothes, then you have lots of shops in the same area, they cluster, because that works. The Curry Mile in Manchester with all the Curry houses. Exactly. Churches, you rarely are like, well, we've got to fit 10 churches into this county.
454: No Such Thing As A Midsummer Night's Bream, 2022-11-25 · listen
I think the church one is weird because I know that, so there's a thing in capitalism right, where if you've got a shop that sells a certain thing like baby clothes, then you have lots of shops in the same area and they cluster because that works. The curry mile in Manchester with all the curry houses. Churches, you rarely are like, well, we've got to fit 10 churches into this county.
No Such Thing As A Midsummer Night's Bream, 2022-11-25 · listen
There was an airline called Daimler Airway, which went from Manchester to London in a biplane which could carry nine passengers but this was a route you could take and they had these cabin boys whose job was to hand out hot water bottles and earplugs and reassure you during the flight saying.
529: No Such Thing As A Badger Love Note, 2024-05-02 · listen
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Coordinates: 53.4790, -2.2452