17 May 2026
After the Second World War, Britain rapidly de-industrialised. For places like Manchester where industry and manufacturing was its economic and social bread and butter, the challenge was to adapt quickly to a rapidly changing world. the city centre was slowly reshaped. Out went mills, warehouses and canals. In came office blocks, shiny glass towers, new architectural fashions, and shopping centres.
Manchester had spent a century and a half influencing the outside world. Now it would have to cope with being influenced by it!
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