Manchester is a unique city and many things set its people apart from the rest including our accents and some crazy shared experiences.
Most of us are in little need of convincing that Manchester is a great place to live; great architecture, top football teams, incredible nightlife and music. And there are some things that are just special to Manchester, that people born or who have lived here a long time have done at least once.
We posted on Reddit and asked members of the Greater Manchester History, Memories And People Facebook group to name something everybody from Manchester has done at least once. Your answers, as ever, never disappoint.
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Everything from the regional food we love to eat, to 'cruckling' (explained in the list), or what we all have had a good old moan about, you told us something you think we all share. The list below contains 40 things we've all done at least once.
How many can you check off?
- Had pudding 'n' chips
- Been to a rave
- Eaten chips with gravy
- Drank hot Vimto
- Stood in the rain and got soaked to the skin when it was supposed to be sunny
- Stepped on a bee
- Eaten breakfast, lunch and tea (which was corrected by one poster to 'breakfast, DINNER and tea'
- Eaten crisp butties
- Said out loud that Noel is a better singer than Liam
- Walked through Piccadilly Gardens
- Grumbled about the weather
- Shopped in the Arndale Centre
- Walked in St Patrick's Day Parade
- Visited Blackpool
- Dunked a biscuit in their cuppa
- Drank cider in the park
- Been to, and deeply miss, the Dutch Pancake House
- Had a Hollands pie
- Called anyone who lives south of Stockport a "shandy drinking southerner"
- Cruckled (definition: used in the Rochdale area, to twist or sprain your ankle)
- Visited Manchester Cathedral
- Visited Belle Vue
- "Put the big light on"
- Eaten a chip barm (note - not bap)
- Been thrown out of a nightclub because you looked dodgy
- Minding the cars when Manchester City played at home
- Threw up on Portland Street after one too many
- Got drunk behind the local shops when you were young
- Been hassled on Market Street by people trying to sign you up to a credit card or give to charity
- Sat in a traffic jam and complained about Piccadilly Gardens
- Had a rope swing "over the cut"
- Doing a "big shop" on a Friday
- Tried to climb a palm tree in the Arndale Centre
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Said "do you know what I mean?" or " dyarnartamean thou?"
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Eaten black pudding
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Walked through town and got wet from the water under a paving slab
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Heard 'Wonderwall' play at a bar outside of Manchester and audibly sigh / quietly moan "for f**k sake"
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Been to Affleck's Palace
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Had a meal in China Town
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Shopped in the Army Store on Tib Street
Anything not on the list? Let us know in the comments section below.
