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Which is England's second city?
You may have seen in our newsletter that someone contacted us last year complaining that we launched in Birmingham before Manchester (because the latter is “now widely regarded as England's 2nd city”).
But John Robson has written in to us to say we've got it all wrong:“A Brummie was asked which city is the Second City of the UK. 'It's Birmingham of course', said the Brummie. 'The city is officially the second largest city in the country. There is no doubt about it'.
The same question was asked in Manchester. 'It's definitely Manchester' was the reply. 'It's all happening here, ask anyone outside of the country which is the Second City of the UK and they would say Manchester. The city is world famous'.
Finally, a Liverpudlian was asked the question, what is UK's Second City?. 'Now let me think' said the Liverpudlian. After a brief consideration the reply was – 'yep, it's got to be London'.”
Slightly later than planned, we'll be launching in Manchester very soon, and hopefully Liverpool later in the year.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm (#)
Really like the site – was directed to it from the America Square Conference Centre website.
As soon as you get Manchester up and running, I'll recommend we use you for directing people to our own offices or events venues, particularly to get people to us from the railway stations.