The brass letterbox on the front door of 10 Downing Street in London is engraved with the title First Lord of the Treasury. It is the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, not the British Prime Minister, although the distinction is technical because, since 1905, the same person performs both roles concurrently. Read more...
Manchester City FC plays at the Etihad Stadium (also called the City of Manchester Stadium) in east Manchester, England. The stadium has been the home of Manchester City since the end of the 2002–03 season, when the club moved from Maine Road in the Moss Side area of Manchester, its previous home ground since 1923. The City of Manchester Stadium Read more...
The Radisson Blu Hotel is connected to Manchester Airport’s Skylink covered walkway to all terminals. The DoubleTree by Hilton, Clayton Hotel, and Crowne Plaza are also on-airport hotels but, without a direct link to the terminals, they have a free 24 hour shuttle instead. Read more...
Britannia Bridge was engulfed by fire on the evening of 23 May 1970 and suffered extensive structural damage. At the time a railway bridge, it was substantially rebuilt over the following ten years to carry both rail and road traffic over the Menai Strait. Read more...
A concrete statue of Lord Horatio Nelson stands on the Menai Strait shoreline near Britannia Bridge. It was sculpted by Admiral Lord Clarence Paget and unveiled in 1873. It is not to be confused with the statue of Paget’s father, the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, mounted on a high column half a mile inland. Read more...
Manchester adopted the worker bee symbol to represent the city’s busy, productive workforce, particularly in the area’s many cotton mills during the 19th century. Read more...
Menai Bridge was built between 1819 and 1826. The first stone was laid on 10th August 1819 and the completed bridge opened to traffic on 30 January 1826. Read more...