#manchester

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#carefully #century #dalton #destroyed #during

I found leaving Manchester United very, very hard. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#hard #i #leaving #manchester #manchester united

We had been getting some bad results, now it is up to us to make up the ground and catch Manchester United. ↗

— Robbie Fowler

#been #catch #getting #ground #had

Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United. ↗

— Mark Lawrenson

#against #city #day #exeter #fans

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester. ↗

— John Thaw

#baker #couple #did #fruit #i

I have been a Manchester United fan all my life and fulfilled every dream I've ever had. I am disappointed that my playing days are at an end. However, it comes to us all and it's knowing when that time is and for me that time is now. ↗

— Gary Neville

#been #comes #days #disappointed #dream

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything. ↗

— Gary Neville

#against #areas #around #been #began

In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#did #elections #get #having #just

In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions - like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges - are not without controversy. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#changes #charges #choose #climate #congestion

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#beijing #centre #cycling #example #for example