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How Manchester Saved its Oldest Pubs by Picking Them Up and Moving Them

f all of Manchester’s historic public houses, the timber-framed Tudor-period ‘Old Wellington’ and its nextdoor neighbour ‘Sinclair’s Oyster Bar’ are the two most famous. While it’s fairly common knowledge that they were moved to their current location in the 1990s … Continue reading

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I prefer to call it an “anapot” #linguistics #language #grammar #etymology #idioms

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How Many Countries To Make 1 Pair of Jeans?

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ASTERNAUTS – Award-winning Sci Fi Comedy Short Film [EN]

Watch without hard-coded subtitles here: • ASTERNAUTS – Award-winning Sci Fi Sho… Winner Best Film @ Columbia Film Festival, NY Winner Best Cinematography @ HollyShorts Film Festival Winner Best Screenplay @ Porto7 Int’l Short Film Festival Winner Audience Award @ … Continue reading

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Break a Leg!! #linguistics #language #etymology #theater #setdesign

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MANCHESTER BUILDING BOOM 2024 | Construction seen from train tram & drone.

“I am the Passenger” is the song by Iggy Pop, in which he rides through the city looking out at the urban scenes. In this video, we ride the trains and the trams around central Manchester and look at the … Continue reading

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Cranechester 2019

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Darkness is The Richest Source of Beauty #japan #architecture

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What is antidisestablishmentarianism? | THE LONGEST WORDS

n this pulchritudinous episode of Words Unravelled, Rob and Jess discuss the longest words in English and beyond: from antidisestablishmentarianism to opado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon. ❓What does floccinaucinihilipilification mean? ⛈️What sound does Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk represent? 😱Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of what? These questions answered … Continue reading

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The Manchester Dogs’ Home fire that claimed the lives of 60 dogs

It has been 10 years since the Manchester Dogs’ Home fire. The blaze – which broke out shortly after 7pm on September 11, 2014 – claimed the lives of 60 dogs and an estimated 150 were rescued from the building. … Continue reading

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