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• Europe’s top 10 football stadiums by Lonely Planet September 28, 2009 Football (soccer) is Europes unofficial religion. And when summer turns to autumn, all over the... (read article)
• Introduction to Manchester by FROMMER'S November 20, 2006 One of the largest cities in England, Manchester is becoming increasingly important, as major airlines now fly here from North America, making the city a gateway to northern England. In recent years, Manchester has made great strides to shake its image as an industrial wasteland. Though chimneys still spike the skyline, they no longer make the metropolitan sky an ash-filled canopy. Abandoned warehouses are being renovated to provide sleek new loft apartments for yuppies. Rustic factory equipment turns up in museums rather than piling up in salvage yards. Even the old Victorian architecture has been given a face-lift. The overall effect is a gritty kind of charm. Manchester's roots date from A.D. 79, when the Romans settled here. It remained under Roman occupation until A.D. 410 when the empire began its storied fall. The west gate has since been reconstructed upon its original site. Little is known of Manchester's Middle Ages. (read article)
• In Manchester, Vt. by BILL PENNINGTON October 17, 2003 (read article)
• Another Land of Lincoln by HAROLD HOLZER July 28, 2002 (read article)
• 'There's Room 'Ere for You' by BARBARA CANSINO March 31, 2002 (read article)
• Manchester Rising by ALAN COWELL June 24, 2001 (read article)
• Of Lincolns and Pierce Arrow June 01, 2001 (read article)