Accommodation Manchester Manchester has always been an important centre for industry - in fact it has a reputation for being the world's first industrialized city - since the 19th century when the Industrial Revolution turned the city from a dominant textile marketplace to the centre of many of Lancashire's major industries, particularly cotton, earning it the nickname "Cottonopolis". Today it is still a centre of...... Similar Editorial : by Marcia Henin. | Source : Disney Florida Packages