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manchester is the undisputed "capital" of the north of england.
whereas london's wealth was based on trade and finance,manchester's was built solidly on manufacturing.
the north of england was the home of the industrial revolution,and manchester was its most important city.
it had been an important textile-weaving centre since the 14th century.
in the 18th century,however,the textile industry there boomed.
this was the result of the combination of cheap cptton imported from the american colonies and the invention of mechanized weaving technology.
workers began to flood into the city to find jobs in the new industries.
the city became much richer,but living and working conditions were often terrible for the new industrial workers.
they had to work from early morning till late at night in dirty,dangerous conditions.
they lived in dark,cramped houses,which were squashed together in long rows.
it is not surprising that many of the social reform movements in 19th-century britain started in manchester.
manchester contineed to be economically successful into the 20th century.
it had access to cheap cotton supplies from britain's colonies,especially india.
the colonies also formed a huge market for manchester's manufacturedgoods.
however,manchester was heavily bombed and badly damaged in the second world war.
after the war,britain's manufacturing industries declined,and manchester's economy suffered very badly.
unemployment rose,and the city lost much of its energy and dynamism.
the city was bombed again in 1966,this time by the IRA,in protest against britain7s policies in northern ireland.
much of the city's business centre was destroyed.
this led to a huge program of rebuilding.
the centre of manchester is now full of modern architecture,parks,and public spaces,as well as many bars and restaurants.
it is a very different place compared with the old industrial city.
in recent years,manchester has become famous for two things:music and soccer.
during the 1980s,manchester was the home of a unique music scene,producing bands such as joy division,the happy mondays,and more recentry,oasis.
it was also the place where huge dance clubs and the accompanying "rave" culture first sprang up.
like many large british cities,manchester has two professional soccer clubs,manchester united and manchester city.
of these,manchester united is the more famous.
along with real madrid,it is plobably the best-known and most widely supported club in the world.
the club has dominated english soccer for the last 20 years or so,and is rich enough to buy many of the world's best players.
in 2004,the club bought the teenage genius,wayne rooner,at a cost of ￡27 million,after selling david beckham to real madrid the previous year.
