In one human lifetime Britain's industrial landscape has changed beyond recognition. Manchester has reinvented itself. Factories have been replaced by leisure and culture, and the biggest and tallest statement of the new aspirations is Beetham Tower.
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Story: New Manchester
Duration: 3:27
In one human lifetime Britain's industrial landscape has changed beyond recognition. Manchester has reinvented itself. Factories have been replaced by leisure and culture, and the biggest and tallest statement of the new aspirations is Beetham Tower.
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