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19th century nickname for Manchester, due to its large and productive textile industry
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Cottonopolis
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Number of the 36 mile long Manchester orbital motorway
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M60
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This town, 10 miles to the north east of central Manchester, is considered to be the birthplace of the worldwide Cooperative Movement
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Rochdale
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Man-made inland waterway which connects Manchester to the Irish Sea
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Manchester Ship Canal
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Flaky, buttery puff pastry delicacy filled with currants and dried fruits, and named after a town in Greater Manchester
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Eccles cake
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Large town in the west of the county, supposedly with a 'pier'
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Wigan
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This person was the world’s first test tube baby, born in Oldham General Hospital in 1978
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Louise Brown
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Full name of Bolton's professional football club, which was founded in 1874
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Bolton Wanderers
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Artist, born in Stretford in 1887, who became very well known for his paintings of industrial scenes and 'matchstick men'
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L.S. Lowry
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The only other official city in the county, aside from Manchester
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Salford
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The home stadium of Manchester United Football Club
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Old Trafford
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The longest serving and most decorated manager of the above club
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Alex Ferguson
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Very long running soap opera set in 'Weatherfield', a fictional town in the county
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Coronation Street
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The first inter-city railway in the world opened in 1830 between Manchester and this other place
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Liverpool
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Born in Bury in 1788, this person went on to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and founded the Metropolitan Police
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Sir Robert Peel
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