Poem about Manchester: 'This is the Place' - BBC News

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

Комментарии • 218

  • @beetrootfingers
    @beetrootfingers 4 года назад +134

    3 years later and it still chokes me up and hits me deep.

    • @bollox21
      @bollox21 3 года назад +4

      Was about to wrote the same. Choked, tearful and proud to be a manc

    • @tomcottrell1219
      @tomcottrell1219 8 месяцев назад +2

      7 years later ... it still does the same ❤

  • @storminateacup9791
    @storminateacup9791 3 года назад +23

    “Mi mam lived and died here, she loved it she did”
    Mam swore she’d not move away from Hyde Road and as much as my dad tried she didn’t. 🙂 bless her.
    Gets me every time I listen to it x

  • @JW-hb2rc
    @JW-hb2rc Год назад +14

    Every now and then I watch this as I miss my home town

  • @fdama
    @fdama 7 лет назад +83

    Proud Manc right here. RIP to all those cowardly murdered. Faisal D, Fallowfield, Manchester.

  • @stevemagnan
    @stevemagnan 7 лет назад +115

    so moving...poetry is not dead...emotion has found its words

    • @tylerdurden8662
      @tylerdurden8662 7 лет назад +8

      he said more than politicians, a proper manc voice

  • @laidbackjack3166
    @laidbackjack3166 3 года назад +26

    Spine-tingling. I am a proud and defiant Northerner. Absolutely phenomenal. You'll never ever beat a Northerner with a soul. Never.

  • @mikethompson5549
    @mikethompson5549 7 лет назад +63

    No one can keep a Manc down. City Utd. Enough said. I love Manchester.

    • @SK77M14
      @SK77M14 6 лет назад +1

      Mike Thompson ❤️🐝

  • @mattyctill
    @mattyctill 2 года назад +7

    Still makes me cry 5 years on....

    • @JJ1974z
      @JJ1974z Год назад +2

      And me ❤

  • @suzanneholden9315
    @suzanneholden9315 7 лет назад +17

    Born, breed, and proud to be Mancunian... LOVE Manchester

  • @lozzimusprime
    @lozzimusprime 5 лет назад +8

    2 years later. You 22 will never be forgotten. This is Manchester, where the bees still buzz. Proud to be Manc forever.

  • @gurmitsingh3179
    @gurmitsingh3179 5 лет назад +11

    Manchester, always a special place in my heart.

  • @daincain
    @daincain 4 года назад +26

    This makes me cry every time! What a proud Manc This makes me! ❤❤❤

  • @rosiecahalin9841
    @rosiecahalin9841 5 лет назад +25

    2 years gone but never forgotten ❤️🐝

  • @katerinamx
    @katerinamx 5 лет назад +9

    This poem will stand the test of time. Everything we love about our home.

  • @joelatimer3078
    @joelatimer3078 Год назад +5

    Genetically I'm southern. Historically I'm a Yorkshireman. But I've been a manc for 14 years. Both my kids are mancs. Most of my students are mancs, many of my friends are mancs.
    I was there that afternoon and felt what you see in that crowd. It was special. It is special. I'm proud to be part of that Manchester spirit

  • @irishvuck2447
    @irishvuck2447 5 лет назад +13

    The 22 will remain in the hearts of all who love this fantastic city! 🐝

  • @t814
    @t814 7 лет назад +29

    "There will be those who seek to divide us and spread hatred and fear here. You know, my closing words yesterday were "choose love". I said them spontaneously, but to choose love we need to reject fear, to reject hatred, reject lies, reject distortion and keep together as a diverse community." - Poet Tony 'Longfellow' Walsh.

    • @lennylaa1686
      @lennylaa1686 6 лет назад +1

      Far left ranting bollocks.
      In fear of PC racial eugenics.
      White genocide.
      Social and racial engineering = racial persecution of the silent white majority.

  • @paulrodden
    @paulrodden 3 года назад +10

    It’s criminal that this video only has 125k views

  • @captwilkie3239
    @captwilkie3239 8 месяцев назад +2

    Every Year I come back to this chokes me up every sngle time

  • @rondameier8168
    @rondameier8168 7 лет назад +13

    Stunning.... My heart is with you all....

  • @hibbertcs
    @hibbertcs 7 лет назад +19

    Home. Forever Manchester!!!

  • @unfortunatelynottoldthetru5395
    @unfortunatelynottoldthetru5395 Год назад +3

    The world needs this! Stronger United 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @danhewett6086
    @danhewett6086 4 года назад +12

    I'm from the West Midlands. Only been to Manchester 4 times in my life but each time I went I felt welcome and loved. My 2nd home!
    LOVE MCR ❤️

  • @janinehanley8781
    @janinehanley8781 8 месяцев назад +3

    Manc said proud you could offer me a million quid to move but I wouldn’t our history our culture our strength in hard times can’t be matched BRILLANT Poem Manchester IS the place

  • @BrianDickinson-yy4no
    @BrianDickinson-yy4no Год назад +2

    Proud Mancunian, my father once said he knew when he was near home when he saw "The North" signposted on the Motorway ,then when he saw Manchester he felt that much closer to home.
    He was from Yorkshire originally but came to Manchester in the early 50s with his German wife after he left the Army.
    They made a home and lived and died there and along the way raised My Sister and me , Strange to say I now live in Leeds and the roles are reversed, but when ever I see Manchester /Leeds I know I am near my home.
    The North is the best part of this country by a long long way.

  • @melissamelia7837
    @melissamelia7837 2 года назад +2

    This gives me happy tears I miss all my family and everything about Bolton, I live in somerset now

  • @themancunian777
    @themancunian777 Год назад +2

    Makes you proud to be from Manchester - 4 mins 30 secs - This is the place - we should give something back 👍

  • @philiphamer5959
    @philiphamer5959 4 года назад +4

    Brilliantly captures the mood of a great city.

  • @benupton6616
    @benupton6616 7 лет назад +32

    The poem was beautiful, it was real, it felt like Manchester. Anybody here to throw any negativity on top of negativity is heartless and has no soul. This city is special.. It does have a vibe throughout its streets and buildings and is a cultural goldmine. Manchester is worth your tears and worth fighting for ❤️MCR forever

    • @hibbertcs
      @hibbertcs 7 лет назад +5

      It's Home. Simple.

    • @paulbangash4317
      @paulbangash4317 7 лет назад +5

      Ben Upton : 👍 Manchester is all about soul

    • @apexgym6515
      @apexgym6515 4 года назад +2

      Well said. There is unique vibe. Unlike most soulless towns and cities up and down UK

  • @job2358
    @job2358 4 года назад +7

    this is manchester.., proud to be a mancunian.. i cry every time listen to it!

    • @leedavies4589
      @leedavies4589 4 года назад +3

      i'm a city fan i remeber this day so painfully this was a day football also came together ..no more petty arguments ..its MANCHESTER we love our home

    • @job2358
      @job2358 4 года назад +3

      @@leedavies4589 a CITY UNITED!!!.... it was a disaster but how we all pulled together humbled me... thank you for your comment xx

    • @job2358
      @job2358 3 года назад +2

      @Return of the grapes. thank you- love and respect straight back at you 🥰 I’m proud all is Mancs can come together when needed x 🥰🤗🥰🤗

  • @mikeking6164
    @mikeking6164 7 лет назад +62

    Never more proud to be a Manc.

  • @laurengilligan5927
    @laurengilligan5927 6 лет назад +14

    I love how they have a variety of different races on that stage to show that we accept everyone and that everyone is equal!❤️I’m so very proud to be manc and to live here where I know that no matter what, we are going to get through things whether people like it or not❤️😊

    • @williambunter3311
      @williambunter3311 6 лет назад +2

      YOU may be going to get through things LaurenDoesThings, but not the children who were murdered. Are you ever going to wake up and realise that we are in a war being waged against us by Islam, and we need to FIGHT, not make sloppy speeches about equality and tolerance - the very things that Islam is against.

    • @williambunter3311
      @williambunter3311 5 лет назад

      @Crazy Canuck Esstam hoco verbillius aplum! nonferinum plasium bolasus este! Perfidium noststo comprelium forte neium Canuckium vomitus!

  • @willsrealtalk
    @willsrealtalk Год назад +3

    Manchester proud forever and always 💙 💙💙

  • @balcomebalcombe561
    @balcomebalcombe561 9 месяцев назад +1

    Nearly 7 years, can’t believe it ! I’m from Salford and my 21 year old son who lost someone from his school in the bombings has been in London this past year and has just been telling me how much he misses the people, he loves London the place but said if you could just import Mancunians of all creeds and colours into the place it would be so much better

  • @mj3625
    @mj3625 7 лет назад +13

    It makes me proud to be from manchester ❤🐝

  • @culainnobrien9110
    @culainnobrien9110 4 года назад +3

    This is why Manchester is the best place in the world

  • @120Livi
    @120Livi 3 года назад +4

    Just heard his Mightier Than War poem at the IWM North, it was incredible

  • @Dickie279
    @Dickie279 2 года назад +2

    I still come back every year 🐝

  • @utawkinterme9428
    @utawkinterme9428 6 лет назад +5

    So inspiring. Balm to the aching Heart and Soul.

  • @justmadeit2
    @justmadeit2 7 лет назад +6

    Manchester is a great city and its actually having some warm weather right now which is welcome

  • @adelbaroni1364
    @adelbaroni1364 7 лет назад +46

    All love Manchester All love for families Those criminals will enter hell I feel so broken heart for those innoccents victims I' m a muslim and I will stand side by side with manchestr Love you Manchester

  • @mcfcste99
    @mcfcste99 2 года назад +5

    The best poem ever about the Greatest City 👍

  • @zeyadhaggag4112
    @zeyadhaggag4112 5 лет назад +5

    this out here really is the place.

  • @TMNickk
    @TMNickk 3 года назад +3

    4 years on, still moving

  • @susanelias748
    @susanelias748 6 лет назад +8

    Proud to be a manc always my home town forever

    • @apexgym6515
      @apexgym6515 4 года назад

      I miss it

    • @susanelias748
      @susanelias748 Год назад +1

      I always wear my bee 🐝 pin because even though I don't live there anymore. iam forever a Manchester girl

  • @gknox5995
    @gknox5995 4 года назад +3

    My daughter has been learning this poem at school

  • @GaryMills-ku3rv
    @GaryMills-ku3rv 3 месяца назад

    Left Manchester when I was 6 some back in 1966 but try telling me I'm not a manc. My first 6 years of life spent in Manchester with manc parents and grandparents. I love this poem I'm so proud to be born in Manchester

  • @denisebell8422
    @denisebell8422 Год назад +2

    Always gives me goosebumps this ❤ from a proud Manc ❤❤❤❤

  • @tylerdurden8662
    @tylerdurden8662 7 лет назад +4

    He sums it up perfectly, As one!!!!

  • @manunitedfan763
    @manunitedfan763 6 лет назад +4

    We stand strong 1 year 😭✨

  • @darrenwilson8042
    @darrenwilson8042 2 года назад +2

    Stirs my soul to its very base

  • @AthertonTravels
    @AthertonTravels 6 лет назад +4

    Very cool actually. Manchester looks like its worthy of a visit

  • @Laytown
    @Laytown 6 лет назад +5

    Manchester. The Centre of the Universe.

    • @Laytown
      @Laytown 2 месяца назад

      The centre of all things. Whether you realise or want to accept it or not. All things started at home.....my heart will forever be in Chorlton Cum-Hardy...

  • @mcfcok1683
    @mcfcok1683 4 года назад +4

    This City stands United 🐝

  • @supernovalabs
    @supernovalabs 4 года назад +2

    never forget.

  • @vincentbrannelly8786
    @vincentbrannelly8786 3 года назад +2

    These lines are written for all to see inside the Etihad . This is the place . Forever Manchester.

  • @waqarshah309
    @waqarshah309 7 лет назад +2

    we all love manchester

    • @Kraken54321
      @Kraken54321 4 года назад +1

      Apart from the one's bombing and knifing people. 🤦‍♂️

  • @erinmcgarvey5816
    @erinmcgarvey5816 6 лет назад +3

    Proud to be manc right now 💔😭 22 angels

  • @damiengreenwood7378
    @damiengreenwood7378 3 года назад +4

    I would like to know why some have thumbs downed this.

    • @EllenWst
      @EllenWst Год назад

      ​@@oli7290don't be ridiculous.

  • @chrisbaldwin8186
    @chrisbaldwin8186 3 года назад +2

    This is just special 🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @lukea279
    @lukea279 4 года назад +1

    chills

  • @mjlloyd3937
    @mjlloyd3937 Год назад +2

    Powerful

  • @Gettherodsin
    @Gettherodsin 4 месяца назад +1

    Proud 💪🏻

  • @isabellesanderson9241
    @isabellesanderson9241 7 лет назад +5

    I met this guy in school on Wednesday

    • @mehreenn
      @mehreenn 6 лет назад +1

      LOL SAME😂

  • @Ben-nh8dt
    @Ben-nh8dt 9 месяцев назад +2

    This should be Manchesters national anthem

  • @hannahmadden6530
    @hannahmadden6530 5 лет назад +4

    This is Manchester, we do things differently here.
    #WeStandTogether.
    #MancAndProud.

  • @gxrlgamer988
    @gxrlgamer988 6 лет назад +4

    I was sent here for my school work

  • @seltit
    @seltit 7 лет назад +8

    Wow....6000 miles away
    But still manc is home

  • @gracewhittallx8016
    @gracewhittallx8016 6 лет назад +1

    1 year today 💔🐝

  • @just_maisie7724
    @just_maisie7724 2 года назад

    He came to my school today

  • @laurencrompton8138
    @laurencrompton8138 7 лет назад +11

    #Manchesterforever ❤️

  • @rebekahbrowndanceacademy7236
    @rebekahbrowndanceacademy7236 3 года назад +2

    🐝 4 years x

  • @EmilyWallworth
    @EmilyWallworth 6 лет назад +4

    I'm so proud to be mancunian

  • @MadeInManny0161
    @MadeInManny0161 6 лет назад +5

    #AllForOneOneForAll

  • @ianp1986
    @ianp1986 4 года назад +2

    In bits every time I watch this

  • @shauncunningham3228
    @shauncunningham3228 7 лет назад +4

    #proudtobefrommanchester

  • @ademokanju
    @ademokanju 5 лет назад +3

    2020 anyone

  • @Mxzdas
    @Mxzdas 8 месяцев назад +2

    MANCHESTER ALL THE WAY

  • @ghazi2392
    @ghazi2392 5 лет назад +2

    I was there.

  • @catcomputer
    @catcomputer 4 года назад +3

    2:40 (ignore this)

  • @1gchiv
    @1gchiv 4 года назад +2

    We are accually nice

  • @theomoore8917
    @theomoore8917 Год назад +4

    This is the place in the North West of England
    It’s ace, it’s the best and the songs that we sing
    From the stands, from our bands set the whole planet shaking
    Our inventions are legends! There’s nowt we can’t make and
    So we make brilliant music. We make brilliant bands
    We make goals that make souls leap from seats in the stands
    And we make things from steel and we make things from cotton
    And we make people laugh, take the mick summat rotten
    And we make you at home and we make you feel welcome
    And we make summat happen, we can’t seem to help it
    And if you’re looking for history then yes, we’ve a wealth
    But the Manchester way is to make it yourself
    And make us a record, a new number one
    And make us a brew while you’re up, love. Go on!
    And make us feel proud that you’re winning the league
    And make us sing louder and make us believe it
    That this is the place that has helped shape the world
    And that this the place where a Manchester girl
    Name of Emmeline Pankhurst from the streets of Moss Side
    Led a Suffragette City with sisterhood pride
    And this is the place with appliance of science
    We’re on it, atomic, we strut with defiance
    In the face of a challenge we always stand tall
    Mancunians in union delivered it all
    Such as housing and libraries, and health, education
    And unions and co-ops, the first railway station
    So we’re sorry! Bear with us! We invented commuters!
    But we hope you forgive us - we invented computers!
    And this is the place Henry Royce strolled with Rolls
    And we’ve rocked and we’ve rolled with our own Northern Soul
    And so this is the place to do business, then dance
    Where go-getters and goal setters know they’ve a chance
    And this is the place where we first played as kids
    And me Mam lived and died here, she loved it she did
    And this is the place where our folks came to work
    Where they struggled in puddles, they hurt in the dirt
    And they built us a city. They built us these towns
    And they coughed on the cobbles to the deafening sound
    Of the steaming machines and the screaming of slaves
    They were scheming for greatness, they dreamed to their graves
    And they left us a spirit, they left us a vibe
    The Mancunian Way to survive and to thrive
    And to work and to build, to connect and create and
    Greater Manchester’s greatness is keeping it great
    And so this is the place now we’ve kids of our own
    Some are born here, some drawn here but we all call it home
    And they’ve covered the cobbles, but they’ll never defeat
    All the dreamers and schemers who still teem through these streets
    Because this is a place that has been through some hard times
    Oppressions, recessions, depressions and dark times
    But we keep fighting back with Greater Manchester spirit
    Northern grit, northern wit in Greater Manchester’s lyrics
    And there’s hard times again in these streets of our city
    But we won’t take defeat and we don’t want your pity
    Because this a place where we stand strong together
    With a smile on our face, Mancunians Forever
    And we’ve got this* as the place where a team with a dream (*Forever Manchester)
    Can get funding and something to help with their scheme
    Because this is the place that understands your grand plans
    We don’t do No Can Do, we just stress Yes We Can!
    Forever Manchester’s a charity for people round ‘ere
    You can fundraise, donate. You can be a volunteer
    You can live local, give local. We can honestly say
    We do charity differently, that Mancunian Way
    And we fund local kids, and we fund local teams
    We support local dreamers to work for their dreams
    We support local groups and the great work they do
    So can you …help us help… local people like you?
    Because this is the place in our hearts, in our homes
    Because this is the place that’s a part of our bones
    ‘Cos Greater Manchester gives us such strength from the fact
    That this is the place. We should give something back.
    Always remember. Never forget. Forever Manchester

  • @sosig1341
    @sosig1341 4 года назад +3

    Who’s watching this from a geography online lesson

  • @noamanullahabasi912
    @noamanullahabasi912 6 лет назад +2

    Woooooooooooooooh😌

  • @yungjew2756
    @yungjew2756 6 лет назад +4

    Since I couldn’t do it at the time on my 18th I’m getting a worker bee tattoo 🐝

  • @charliehyndman3909
    @charliehyndman3909 Год назад +3

    Im doing this for english work

  • @jonathanturner319
    @jonathanturner319 4 года назад +1

    🐝 🙏🏻

  • @EAMCFC
    @EAMCFC 5 лет назад +2

    Proud to be manc

  • @JamesMc.
    @JamesMc. 4 года назад +2

    Love Manchester 🐝

  • @laurencrompton8138
    @laurencrompton8138 7 лет назад +1

    manchester home

  • @dominickcooper5706
    @dominickcooper5706 2 года назад

    The sound of the videos is not good

  • @crazedcomplexmonsters9360
    @crazedcomplexmonsters9360 8 месяцев назад +1

    ❤ Never let the minorities spread FEAR, HATE, based on religion's and race, we stand together ❤️ no matter who you are or where you are from, CHOOSE LOVE❤ LOVE EVERYONE❤, LET THE SAD HATER'S CONTINUE TO HATE🥱🙄, THIS IS MANCHESTER WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ❤❤❤❤ONE LOVE❤ 🎉💃🏃‍➡️💋💕✊️✊🏾

  • @aaronjohnson5855
    @aaronjohnson5855 4 года назад +1

    love briton

  • @laurencrompton8138
    @laurencrompton8138 7 лет назад +1

    🙏

  • @davidcleasby204
    @davidcleasby204 2 года назад +2

    Whos still here?

  • @lesleyairey6633
    @lesleyairey6633 4 года назад +2

    Why is John Bercow there?

    • @isaacfielding7565
      @isaacfielding7565 Год назад

      Because he was the speaker of the House of Commons at the time - he was representing Parliament at the memorial service

  • @leedavies4589
    @leedavies4589 Год назад +1

    when has BBC paiad tribute to saffie and the rest ..never oh wait London has had a curry house shut

  • @HommeTerre
    @HommeTerre 3 года назад +2

    👍💕
    👋👋👋

  • @fdp2904
    @fdp2904 7 лет назад +4

    how much do Mancunians love their city ?

    • @Mikeb1001
      @Mikeb1001 7 лет назад +7

      FunkySheet more than you could ever imagine

    • @mj3625
      @mj3625 7 лет назад +1

      Cant you see by the crowd??

    • @MegaTreble99
      @MegaTreble99 5 лет назад +1

      More than you'll ever know. No matter what religion, red or blue, ❤

    • @willyeckerslike9437
      @willyeckerslike9437 3 года назад +1

      Its everything to us

  • @paulbangash4317
    @paulbangash4317 7 лет назад +2

    👍✨