Gothic, we got Gothic

Come soar with me.

The cathedral of books

Shall we open our book…

Books a million

The Ryland Library adds some pizzazz.

So proudly they wave

Can't have enough flags.

Shopping large

This way to the cinema.

Stop the presses!

For that bigger shopping experience…

Slomo shopping

Have a sit for some tea.

Shoppers delight in the Northern Quarter

Attention shoppers, Blue Light specials today only.

19th century mall

Still kicking in the 21st century.

Parrot house

Love them parrots.

Let's shop

A stroll by Forbidden Planet.

A bit funky

Manchester's Greenwich Village.

The Northern Quarter

The quirkier part of town.

Early computer

Vacuum tubes and all that.

First computer file

Punch cards ran early weaving machines.

Machine age power

It's that valve--what does it do?

Gears

Gears for everything.

Dynamo anyone?

Probably power a small town.

Open 'er up

The loco in locomotive.

Living life large

Real cushions, in fact.

The iron horse

The engine that moved the world.

Steam powered

Not sure what it does, though.

Manchester machine

Not sure what it does, but it looks good doing it.

Spin spin spin

Before you know it, there'll be a thousand shirts.

State of the art

Back in 1870.

Start here

The land of gizmos and whizbangs.

At the beginning

Inventing the machines that made the machines.

Back to the roots

Where Manchester became Manchester.

Tight fit

Always the traffic.

Decorated

Gothic, with the T's crossed and the I's dotted.

Reaching for the sky

Big city rates big cathedral.

Pie? My oh my

Handmade from the Lake District.

Dashing

Trains to everywhere England.

Looking dense

The view downtown from Piccadilly Station tracks.

House for music

Lotta singing going on here.

Rooms to let

Lodging for every need.

To market, to market

All fish, all the time.

Riverside

Goodbye mills, hello condos.

Goods stored here

Great Northern's great warehouse.

At the corner of old and new

The railway was the great way.

All football, all the time

It's what we crave (we're English).

Books a million

For your intellectual needs–the Manchester Library.

Wait…

He looks familiar.

Important Manchester guy

They could wag a finger then, couldn't they?

Well, it's Albert…

…Of course.

Putting on the Ritz

Queen Victoria is amused.

Hand powered

Getting from here to there the old fashioned way.

Industry lived here

Where the Industrial Age began.

Canals and Railroads

Building blocks to a great city.

Now for something completely different

Manchester before the big game--City versus United.