I LOVE MANCHESTER

WE LOVE MANCHESTER - A GREAT CITY - our city

 A media campaign initiative from Manchester City Council which turned out to be timely and

was useful in uniting the people, shoppers and retailers, in the city after the recent riots.

The campaign aims to spread the love of the city far and wide.

CITYLEAVES also certainly loves Manchester with several contributors born and bread here.

We want Mancs of all types and ages and anyone who wants to contribute and have your say about our great city. Log in and have a go - its easy, tell your stories, give out information; spread the LOVE.

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The Manchester Arndale provided a LOVE wall: August 2011 for Post It Notes, short comments about why we love Manchester:

Glen Barkworth, general manager at Manchester Arndale, said: “The manner in which staff, retailers and the people on the streets of Manchester have responded to the atrocities of this week is exemplary of the true Mancunian spirit. This campaign embodies that and galvanizes people in a common good cause which will put Manchester back on the map for all the right reasons.”

Andrew Stokes, chief executive of Marketing Manchester, said: “Mancunians are incredibly proud of their city. We have seen this in the extraordinary outpouring of emotion from the people of Greater Manchester.

“We saw it in their response to the mindless violence on Tuesday and we have seen it in the way they took to the streets to clear-up the mess that was made.”

Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, said: “I am signed up to the ‘I Love MCR’ campaign and I hope to see thousands more people join in for a few weeks worth or activity that makes us all feel rightly proud of our city and its people and shows the world what real Mancunians look like.”

And it doesn't always RAIN IN MANCHESTER