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I used to work in Manchester and my commute to work on the tram was pretty bad. A lot of heritage buildings were derelict or they demolish them and build yuppie

I used to work in Manchester and my commute to work on the tram was pretty bad. A lot of heritage buildings were derelict or they demolish them and build yuppie tenements and fancy lad shit that is tacky and generic like in Salford Quays.

iso1210 5y ago
The Irish remdelling in 1996 improved the centre of Manchester. I haven't lived or worked there for a long time, but I was interested to watch Manctopia [0] to see how modern development was effecting the city [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lwn1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lwn1
- smcl 5y ago
  In case anyone did not get it, "The Irish rem[o]delling in 1996" is referring to an IRA bomb set off in the center of the city: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing
- blibble 5y ago
  > The Irish remdelling in 1996 this is a very callous way to refer to terrorists detonating a 3300lb bomb in the middle of a city centre, which injured 212 people I don't think Americans would be very pleased if you referred to 9/11 as "Saudi remodelling"
  - iso1210 5y ago
    Given that Americans were the ones paying for the IRA to blow up Manchester and kill kids in Warrington, I'm sure they'd be fine. The sentiment comes from the Labour MP Terry Rooney ("The best thing that ever happened to Manchester"), although it was widely echoed by many people with similar dry humour.
  - BoxOfRain 5y ago
    That reminds me of the story (possibly apocryphal) about the American tourists who went to Belfast of all places and asked for an "Irish car bomb" in a pub. I'm fairly sure the second-hand embarrassment is still radiating across the Atlantic.
- kcartlidge 5y ago
  > The Irish remdelling in 1996 improved the centre of Manchester. The 'remodelling' missed me by less than an hour.

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I used to work in Manchester and my commute to work on the tram was pretty bad. A lot of heritage buildings were derelict or they demolish them and build yuppie

by tupac_speedrap 5y ago

iso1210 5y ago
The Irish remdelling in 1996 improved the centre of Manchester. I haven't lived or worked there for a long time, but I was interested to watch Manctopia [0] to see how modern development was effecting the city [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lwn1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lwn1
- smcl 5y ago
  In case anyone did not get it, "The Irish rem[o]delling in 1996" is referring to an IRA bomb set off in the center of the city: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing
- blibble 5y ago
  > The Irish remdelling in 1996 this is a very callous way to refer to terrorists detonating a 3300lb bomb in the middle of a city centre, which injured 212 people I don't think Americans would be very pleased if you referred to 9/11 as "Saudi remodelling"
  - iso1210 5y ago
    Given that Americans were the ones paying for the IRA to blow up Manchester and kill kids in Warrington, I'm sure they'd be fine. The sentiment comes from the Labour MP Terry Rooney ("The best thing that ever happened to Manchester"), although it was widely echoed by many people with similar dry humour.
  - BoxOfRain 5y ago
    That reminds me of the story (possibly apocryphal) about the American tourists who went to Belfast of all places and asked for an "Irish car bomb" in a pub. I'm fairly sure the second-hand embarrassment is still radiating across the Atlantic.
- kcartlidge 5y ago
  > The Irish remdelling in 1996 improved the centre of Manchester. The 'remodelling' missed me by less than an hour.