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	Encyclopedia: The Blitz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Blitz, a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning "Lightning War", was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940â“1941.
		Blitz chess (also known as speed chess or blitzkrieg chess) is a game of chess (A game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king) where each side is given very little time to make all of their moves.
		The Blitz, a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning "Lightning War", was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940-1941.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Blitz (765 words)

	The Blitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blitz was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940–1941.
		Although the word Blitz is a shortening of the German word blitzkrieg, meaning "lightning war", it was not an example of blitzkrieg but was an early example of strategic bombing.
		The Baedeker Blitz was a series of raids conducted in mid-1942 as reprisals for the RAF bombing of the German city of Lübeck.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Blitz (1840 words)

	Maine Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003, when they moved to the City of Manchester Stadium.
		The stadium was shared by Manchester United for a period after the Second World War, since Manchester United's Old Trafford ground had been partially destroyed during the Manchester Blitz.
		Manchester City ended the Maine Road era with a 1-0 defeat to Southampton F.C., with Michael Svensson scoring the stadium's last goal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maine_Road (1116 words)

	NATO NORTHERN ARTS TACTICAL OFFENSIVE
		The Blitz highlighted all that is street-level, independent and potentially illegal from the dissenting inhabitants of Manchester and dissolved the corporate spectacle.
		In keeping with the Blitz idea of undermining (with irony) 'glossy' manchester and confusing the tourists, the traditional protest was turned on its head with a march for capitalism.
		Meanwhile some GM carrots and others outside the event made sure all the delegates at the Biotech Breakfast were fully aware that some Manchester residents were less than happy at the prospect of their city being a base for the dodgy biotech industry.
	www.beyondtv.org /nato/agitate_desc.htm (746 words)

	Info and facts on 'The Blitz' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although the Blitz is named after Blitzkrieg, it was not an example of "lightning war".
		The Blitz was partially in revenge for a bombing raid the RAF carried out on Berlin (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany), which was itself ordered because a German bomber had accidentally bombed London.
		After the defeat of France, the Battle of Britain (The prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it) began in July 1940.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_blitz.htm (907 words)

	Modern Manchester
		Manchester was among the first authorities to respond to the 1919 Housing Act, and was the largest single builder of so-called "council houses" in the country.
		In Manchester today, nearly 8% of its population live in homes where the head of the family was born in a commonwealth country.
		In Manchester, however, ethnic minorities tend to live in concentrated areas of the inner city, where their presence is visibly seen.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /history/modern/20thcent-2.html (2832 words)

	VE Day 60 Years: Manchester - A City In World War Two - Manchester City Guide local history
		Manchester already had a large Jewish community, many of whom had settled in the city in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but as the Nazis took control of Germany many Jewish refugees came to Manchester to escape persecution.
		In the ladies’ gallery at Manchester’s Jewish Museum are records from Manchester’s child refugee committee, personal documents such as passports and travel permits along with photos of child refugees.
		The barracks of the Manchester Regiment at Ashton-Under-Lyne.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /manchester/local/TRA27952.html (2124 words)

	blitz - Karate Exercises Techniques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The blitz or diving blitz is an offensive technique used when point fighting.
		the blitz is a speed technique however the best blitzers use it when the opponent can't respond.
		i think the best blitz comes from an ability to throw a range of various fast punches so the the opponent is unable to block all the hits but must instead cover up.
	www.neokarate.net /lingo/term/blitz.asp (1209 words)

	The Blitz
		During the Blitz some two million houses (60 per cent of these in London) were destroyed and 60,000 civilians were killed and 87,000 were seriously injured.
		Although explosions could be heard in all directions and the scene was illuminated by the glow of the East End fires civil defence workers laboured fearlessly among the wreckage seeking the wounded, carrying them to safer places, and attending to their wounds before the ambulances arrived.
		We who lived in London through the Blitz were constantly observing pathetic and heroic sights, and constantly experiencing some fresh excess of outrage; even the violently altered appearance of the city was a shock to the system.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWblitz.htm (6951 words)

	MANCHESTER JEWRY DATABASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This cohesive Jewish lifestyle continued until WWII and the Manchester Blitz of December 22-24, 1940, and further air raids of the area until July 27, 1942.
		Manchester was a leading city in the development of Zionism due to the many years that Dr. Chaim Weizmann spent there.
		As Manchester was often called "Cottonopolis" and was the leading exporter of cotton goods and other manufactured materials, the professions tended to reflect that industrial strength and the cold, damp climate.
	www.jewishgen.org /jcr-uk/Community/man_street.htm (1900 words)

	Press Release April 05 M/C residents to record war years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Manchester City Council has commissioned a special Oral History Project as part of a range of activities to mark the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.
		All Manchester residents are being asked to come forward to share their memories of the war years.
		This summer will see the publication of an audio CD of memories about life in Manchester during the war, including home life, weddings, schooldays, munitions, the Manchester Blitz and women at work, rationing, evacuees, public transport and sport.
	www.manchester.gov.uk /news/2005/april/history.htm (411 words)

	Maine Road - TheBestLinks.com - Coronation Street, Manchester, Second World War, The Blitz, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Maine Road was a football stadium that was home to Manchester City, before their move to the City of Manchester Stadium.
		It was shared by Manchester United for a period after the Second World War, since Manchester United's Old Trafford ground had been partially destroyed during the Manchester Blitz.
		A group of Manchester United fans "helpfully" arranged for a Gypsy to transfer the curse to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Maine_Road.html (203 words)

	Churches in Manchester
		It was in 1421-2 that the parish church of the little known village that was to become Manchester was raised to the status of a Collegiate Church, and served the surrounding 60 square mile parish.
		In 1940, the building sustained a direct hit during the Manchester blitz in December of that year, and much collateral damage was sustained, many fine windows being lost forever.
		The church tower is said to mark the exact centre of the city of Manchester, and was at one time used as a platform from which surveyors could make distance measurements - the cut arrow benchmark can still be found to the left of the tower doorway.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /buildings/churches1.html (965 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Manchester Blitz began on the night of December 22nd, 1940, and the city centre was soon alight and burning fiercely.
		The bombing of Manchester on that never to be forgotten night, was continuous and relentless, and George remembers peering through the front-room curtains and seeing the glow of firelight over the city centre.
		After the terrible hammering Manchester had suffered, a count of the dead and wounded was taken.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /david.siddall/mellorstory.htm (4068 words)

	Blitz - AV equipment rental and audiovisual services
		Blitz specialises in audiovisual equipment rental and AV services.
		Blitz Graphics, formerly Astonics, produces material ranging from PC graphics, to multimedia widescreen presentations and broadcast format graphics.
		Blitz Television Services enables television production companies and studios to hire the latest broadcast AV equipment.
	www.blitzcomm.com (246 words)

	John Dalton: Exhibition
		He read papers to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on topics such as; meteorology, the nature of the Aurora Borealis, the barometer, the thermometer, the hygrometer, rainfall, clouds, dew and evaporation.
		The Society of Friends (Quakers) in Manchester made a proposal in 1872 to establish an institution where Quaker students could live while studying at Owens College, which was one of only two higher education institutions in England at the time which was open to Dissenting students.
		In December 1940 the building was burnt down during the blitz on Manchester.
	rylibweb.man.ac.uk /dalton/exhib.html (1688 words)

	Post-industrial Manchester
		The Manchester port was not large enough to handle huge container ships and had not the storage space for containers.
		The Manchester Ship Canal and the Manchester Docks had been successful, but by the early 1980s their importance was gone.
		The newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821 using capital provided by several cotton merchants and manufacturers, and had been an important symbol for the city in the industrial era.
	www.eng.umu.se /e3ht99/annelie/Pages/postindustrial.htm (693 words)

	English boys clothes -- regions Lancashire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Manchester in the south was the site of the greatest cotton manufacturing centers in the world.
		It was the manufacture of textiles in Manchester and other cities that propelled Engkand into the Industrial Revolution.
		As Lancaster was heavily industrialized it was an important target in the World War II Blitz.
	histclo.hispeed.com /country/eng/reg/er-lan.html (873 words)

	FPSE Buzz, April, 2003
		Blitz day co-commander Sonda Thompson sends a special THANK YOU to the people who gathered enough fortitude to grab rakes, brooms, and shovels and helped pick up trash around the neighborhood.
		After discussion of whether the next step should be a meeting for just board members or for board members and owners, the board adopted a motion to invite just the board members to the 6 p.m.
		People will move back and forth across Manchester and efforts in all parts of the neighborhood should be comparable to what has been accomplished so far, he said.
	stlouis.missouri.org /forestparksoutheast/buzz/200304.htm (1716 words)

	Sigma Leisure Books - Discovering Manchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are walks throughout Manchester and the outskirts, each crammed with fascinating information making it the essential reference guide to the city's major attractions including the Bridgewater Hall, Urbis, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Lowry and many more.
		Nobody knows what this grand daughter of a king was doing in Manchester, though she appears to have been estranged from her family.
		The former saw great service in the 'blitz' - there was such a shortage of proper fire appliances that many of these pumps were towed by requisitioned taxicabs.
	www.sigmapress.co.uk /worth774.html (3821 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Manchester Blitz 1941:BBC Piccadilly - A3392976
		This story was submitted to the People's War site by J Johnson of Congleton Library on behalf of M Meeke and has been added to the site with her permission.
		One night during the Manchester Blitz there was no transport, so he walked 5 miles from Eccles to the office in Manchester.
		When he finally arrived at the BBC offices, he was asked for his impressions and he broadcast what he had just seen and experienced.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A3392976 (230 words)

	Moving Here \| Stories \| The Golden Years and After
		I was born on the 2nd of May 1921 in Didsbury, Manchester.
		I remember the time when there was a very big blitz on Manchester and the next day everybody had to walk to work I walked from Didsbury into the centre of Manchester and everybody came to work that day.
		This story was contributed by a volunteer at Manchester Jewish Museum as part of a project in collaboration with Moving Here.
	www.movinghere.org.uk /stories/story202/story202.htm (1901 words)

	Manchester Cathedral The Cathedral is located today on the north side of the city centre next to the old Chetham ...
		Manchester Cathedral The Cathedral is located today on the north side of the city centre next to the old Chetham School
		During World War II and the Manchester Blitz in 1940 the stained windows were destroyed but since 1973, 5 of them have been designed and restored by the artist Anthony Hollaway.
		The main purpose of these things is probably to draw the attention of tourists to interesting things and maybe not as much for the people who go there for worship.
	www.eng.umu.se /e3ht02/Jeanette/manchester_cathedral.htm (763 words)

	English Culture: Bombs and Barrage Balloons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		My family and I lived in the suburbs of Manchester, close to the Fairey Aviation Works, a likely target for enemy bombs.
		She was also something of a snob, and when a small girl with a very strong Liverpudlian accent, called and asked, "Have you got a little girl?", my aunt made it quite clear that she had not!
		If you would like to discuss your experiences of Manchester during the Second World War with her, she would be delighted to hear from you.
	englishculture.allinfoabout.com /features/bombs1.html (1810 words)

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		At The Blitz you will use a number of strength training machines integrated with multiple heavy bags.
		The machines allow for bi-directional resistance, which creates the necessary load on muscle groups to burn a high amount of calories in a short period of time.
		Members of The Blitz are cued when it's time to change stations, so there's no waiting to use equipment.
	www.theblitz.info /manchester (106 words)

	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
		The Greater Manchester area has played a significant role in the history and development of fire engines and fire fighting, which the GMFS Museum portrays through its collection.
		The county had the first municipal fire authority in England (Manchester), the first motor fire engine purchased by a British brigade (Eccles), and has played a major part in fire engine manufacture over the past 150 years.
		The majority of exhibits have been restored to their present working condition by members of the GMC Fire Service Museum Society, volunteers from within the Brigade who also look after the Museum, meet visitors and provide crews for the appliances at various events throughout the UK.
	www.manchesterfire.gov.uk /museum (427 words)

	Bluffton University Athletics - Bluffton 59, Manchester 7
		The Bluffton Beavers were clicking on all cylinders on Saturday when they traveled to Manchester to open Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action for 2005.
		Sophomore Sam McCullough (Bluffton/Bluffton), who led the Beavers with 11 tackles, capped the first quarter blitz of Manchester when he picked up a blocked punt and ran it back for a seven-yard touchdown.
		Manchester continued to struggle in the second half as the Beavers picked off three more passes and put up two more scores for the final tally of 59-7.
	www.bluffton.edu /sports/football/2005/1001.html (446 words)

	NewHampshire.com: News: Promoters' search brings out the talent
		Early arrivals to the theater were six members of the Amoskeag Strummers — Buzz Cote of Massachusetts, Bob Lind of Manchester, Jan Cornett of Amherst, Wally Mitchell of Manchester, Royce Riddle of Bow and Russ Miller of Contoocook.
		For six minutes, Melillo was Snow White, and the small crowd of judges and fellow performers rewarded her kindly with applause.
		Several guitar-slinging out-of-towners made the trip to Manchester with a round of tunes, some familiar, and some original, including Mike Morris of Strafford, Danielle Miraglia of Malden, Mass., Teresa Storch of Cambridge, Mass., and Too Human, a.k.a.
	www.newhampshire.com /articles/showularticle.cfm?id=51984 (712 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Manchester Blitz - A2165735
		In December 1940 my husband, Sid, who was on leave from the army, and I had been visiting his mother in London.
		We boarded a train at Euston station in the early evening to travel to Manchester; soon after we were plunged into darkness as an air-raid siren had sounded somewhere along the line.
		The whole journey took about 11 hours; we were in total darkness barely able to see each other, no-one was allowed to light a cigarette.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2165735 (342 words)

	Articles - London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1889 the MBW was abolished, and the County of London was created which was administered by the London County Council, the first elected London-wide administrative body.
		This is the second time in modern history that East London has seen large-scale rebuilding: it took the full force of the Blitz in World War Two, with post-war reconstruction leaving a legacy of bleak housing estates and tower blocks in several areas.
		The East End of London is closest to the original Port of London, and tended for that reason to be the area of the city where immigrants arriving into the port would settle first.
	www.wathcesa.com /articles/London (6405 words)

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