Adamax
On the Prowl
Manchester has always been at the cutting edge of developments, innovations and creative revolutions. Among our unique achievements are:
* The atom was split for the first time by Ernest Rutherford working at Manchester University in 1919
* The first public library, Chethams Library, was built in 1653, a bequest from wealthy merchant Henry Chetham. The first free public library opened on Deansgate in 1852
* The first British working canal the Bridgewater Canal was engineered in 1761
* The first inland City Seaport thanks to the Ship Canal Project in the 1890s
* The first public bus service ran from Manchester to Salford in 1824
* The first passenger railway station was built in 1830 on Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester. The first municipal airport in 1929
* The first meeting of the TUC was held in 1868 in the Mechanics Institute
* The first permanent fire brigade under the control of a civil authority in 1826
* The first professional football league was set up in 1888 in the Royal Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester
* The first Marks and Spencers store, (despite a market stall in Leeds) opened in Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester, in 1894
* The first meeting between Mr Rolls and Mr Royce occurred in 1904 at the Crowne Plaza Manchester (The Midland)
* The first British plane was designed and flown by A V Roe in 1908. And in 1919, Alcock and Brown, both Manchester Central High School students, were the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop
* The first and only time that the crowd at an English football club match has exceeded 84,000 at Maine Road, former home of Manchester City, in 1934
* The first commercial computer was developed in 1948 at Manchester University by professors Tom Kilburn and Fred Williams
* The first English football team Manchester United to win the European Cup in 1968, to twice achieve the FA Cup and the Championship in the same year, 1993/94 and 1995/96, and to win the European Champions League, FA Cup and Championship in 1998/99
* The first municipal parks - Queens Park and Phillips Park in 1846
* The first British Nuclear Free City in 1980
* The first Top of the Pops was recorded in Manchester in a church on Dickinson Road in 1964
* Manchester first took water from Thirlmere, Cumbria in 1894
* The Co-operative Insurance Building was the first 400ft building in Britain
* James Sadler made the first manned balloon ascent in Manchester in 1785....the site is now named Balloon Street
* The birthplace of the worldwide co-operative movement in 1844
* Ann Horniman began British repertory theatre in 1908 at the Gaiety Theatre in Peter Street
* The atom was split for the first time by Ernest Rutherford working at Manchester University in 1919
* The first public library, Chethams Library, was built in 1653, a bequest from wealthy merchant Henry Chetham. The first free public library opened on Deansgate in 1852
* The first British working canal the Bridgewater Canal was engineered in 1761
* The first inland City Seaport thanks to the Ship Canal Project in the 1890s
* The first public bus service ran from Manchester to Salford in 1824
* The first passenger railway station was built in 1830 on Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester. The first municipal airport in 1929
* The first meeting of the TUC was held in 1868 in the Mechanics Institute
* The first permanent fire brigade under the control of a civil authority in 1826
* The first professional football league was set up in 1888 in the Royal Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester
* The first Marks and Spencers store, (despite a market stall in Leeds) opened in Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester, in 1894
* The first meeting between Mr Rolls and Mr Royce occurred in 1904 at the Crowne Plaza Manchester (The Midland)
* The first British plane was designed and flown by A V Roe in 1908. And in 1919, Alcock and Brown, both Manchester Central High School students, were the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop
* The first and only time that the crowd at an English football club match has exceeded 84,000 at Maine Road, former home of Manchester City, in 1934
* The first commercial computer was developed in 1948 at Manchester University by professors Tom Kilburn and Fred Williams
* The first English football team Manchester United to win the European Cup in 1968, to twice achieve the FA Cup and the Championship in the same year, 1993/94 and 1995/96, and to win the European Champions League, FA Cup and Championship in 1998/99
* The first municipal parks - Queens Park and Phillips Park in 1846
* The first British Nuclear Free City in 1980
* The first Top of the Pops was recorded in Manchester in a church on Dickinson Road in 1964
* Manchester first took water from Thirlmere, Cumbria in 1894
* The Co-operative Insurance Building was the first 400ft building in Britain
* James Sadler made the first manned balloon ascent in Manchester in 1785....the site is now named Balloon Street
* The birthplace of the worldwide co-operative movement in 1844
* Ann Horniman began British repertory theatre in 1908 at the Gaiety Theatre in Peter Street