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It's
hard to think that the Pride Of Manchester 'empire' grew from an
idea on a drunken night out. Chief Executive, Neil Jones explains... |
| "I
seem to remember we had been to the game (United 1-0 Liverpool) and
had met up with 25 Swiss lads, 5 Germans and 2 Austrians in town afterwards.
We had a fantastic banquet at Pearl City in China Town, spent a couple
of hours with the Dutch United Supporter's Club singing in Weatherspoon's
at Piccadlly and then got extremely drunk in R.S.V.P. on Deansgate |
| I
remember us all being sat on the steps to The Bridgewater Hall, down
by the canal basin, tearing strips off a disgusting greasy Allen's
Fried Chicken, and admiring the fantastic architecture that surrounded
us. |
| Many
of the foreigner's were claiming that Manchester was the best place
they had ever visited and we got talking about the talent that had
emerged from the city. One of the German lads really wanted to see
The Haçienda, The Boardwalk and some other place that I thought
only us Manc's would have surely heard off. The others were telling
us that we should be so proud of our city - it's football team, music
scene and scientific breakthroughs. It was then that the idea for
the web-site was devised, albeit Boddingtons-fuelled!". |
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Originally
set up as a hobby in November 1999 as united MANCHESTER, the site
has continued to grow and grow thanks to its many contributors.
With a name change to Pride Of Manchester in 2000 (the old name
often mislead people to believe the site was solely devoted to Manchester
United FC), the site has continued to grow in popularity at an astonishing
pace... |
| The
site became a full-time operation in September 2003 with 3 permanent
employees (Neil, Jim and Rob). Today, Pride Of Manchester has grown
to be a large collection of websites, going under the umbrella 'Hotels
For Europe', and boasting the largest hotel guides for the O2
Arena, Wembley,
Twickenham,
the Faroe
Islands and many Swiss towns and cities. We also produce the largest
theatre guides for many other English cities including Liverpool,
Birmingham
and Oxford
amongst many. |
| As the Pride
Of Manchester site goes from strength from strength, don't expect
us to stray from our original philosophy... one that celebrates Manchester
and it's amazing talent in a way that typifies the personality of
the region's people... friendly and fun loving! |
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