Poem about Manchester: 'This is the Place' - BBC News
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Thousands of people gathered in Manchester's Albert Square for a "vigil of peace" on Tuesday night. They wanted to pay their respects to the victims of the attack at Manchester Arena and Tony Walsh, who performs as Longfella, read his poem 'This is the Place'.
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3 years later and it still chokes me up and hits me deep.
Was about to wrote the same. Choked, tearful and proud to be a manc
7 years later ... it still does the same ❤
Proud Manc right here. RIP to all those cowardly murdered. Faisal D, Fallowfield, Manchester.
“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
Every now and then I watch this as I miss my home town
Mcr proud
Spine-tingling. I am a proud and defiant Northerner. Absolutely phenomenal. You'll never ever beat a Northerner with a soul. Never.
if youre not northern you dont have one .
No one can keep a Manc down. City Utd. Enough said. I love Manchester.
Mike Thompson ❤️🐝
so moving...poetry is not dead...emotion has found its words
he said more than politicians, a proper manc voice
This makes me cry every time! What a proud Manc This makes me! ❤❤❤
It’s criminal that this video only has 125k views
pish talk
"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.
Far left ranting bollocks.
In fear of PC racial eugenics.
White genocide.
Social and racial engineering = racial persecution of the silent white majority.
2 years later. You 22 will never be forgotten. This is Manchester, where the bees still buzz. Proud to be Manc forever.
2 years gone but never forgotten ❤️🐝
Born, breed, and proud to be Mancunian... LOVE Manchester
This poem will stand the test of time. Everything we love about our home.
The 22 will remain in the hearts of all who love this fantastic city! 🐝
Manchester, always a special place in my heart.
Still makes me cry 5 years on....
And me ❤
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 ❤️
Home. Forever Manchester!!!
Stunning.... My heart is with you all....
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
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
Never more proud to be a Manc.
Mike King same😊
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❤️😊
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.
@Crazy Canuck Esstam hoco verbillius aplum! nonferinum plasium bolasus este! Perfidium noststo comprelium forte neium Canuckium vomitus!
The world needs this! Stronger United 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The best poem ever about the Greatest City 👍
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
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
It's Home. Simple.
Ben Upton : 👍 Manchester is all about soul
Well said. There is unique vibe. Unlike most soulless towns and cities up and down UK
Every Year I come back to this chokes me up every sngle time
It makes me proud to be from manchester ❤🐝
MJ 13 same 😀
Me too 😣
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
adel baroni so true
Much love to you xx.
Muslims are good people.
Manchester proud forever and always 💙 💙💙
this is manchester.., proud to be a mancunian.. i cry every time listen to it!
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
@@leedavies4589 a CITY UNITED!!!.... it was a disaster but how we all pulled together humbled me... thank you for your comment xx
@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 🥰🤗🥰🤗
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.
Makes you proud to be from Manchester - 4 mins 30 secs - This is the place - we should give something back 👍
This is why Manchester is the best place in the world
Manchester is a great city and its actually having some warm weather right now which is welcome
Brilliantly captures the mood of a great city.
This gives me happy tears I miss all my family and everything about Bolton, I live in somerset now
So inspiring. Balm to the aching Heart and Soul.
this out here really is the place.
Just heard his Mightier Than War poem at the IWM North, it was incredible
Proud to be a manc always my home town forever
I miss it
I always wear my bee 🐝 pin because even though I don't live there anymore. iam forever a Manchester girl
I still come back every year 🐝
Always gives me goosebumps this ❤ from a proud Manc ❤❤❤❤
4 years on, still moving
My daughter has been learning this poem at school
Very cool actually. Manchester looks like its worthy of a visit
Manchester. The Centre of the Universe.
We stand strong 1 year 😭✨
I would like to know why some have thumbs downed this.
@@oli7290don't be ridiculous.
He sums it up perfectly, As one!!!!
Stirs my soul to its very base
These lines are written for all to see inside the Etihad . This is the place . Forever Manchester.
Wow....6000 miles away
But still manc is home
we all love manchester
Apart from the one's bombing and knifing people. 🤦♂️
never forget.
Proud to be manc right now 💔😭 22 angels
Powerful
#AllForOneOneForAll
This is Manchester, we do things differently here.
#WeStandTogether.
#MancAndProud.
I met this guy in school on Wednesday
LOL SAME😂
This City stands United 🐝
This is just special 🙌🙌🙌🙌
chills
#Manchesterforever ❤️
This should be Manchesters national anthem
I was sent here for my school work
Samezzz
Same
In bits every time I watch this
🐝 4 years x
1 year today 💔🐝
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
Such good writing, encapsulates my home town perfectly
Love it❤
#proudtobefrommanchester
I'm so proud to be mancunian
Since I couldn’t do it at the time on my 18th I’m getting a worker bee tattoo 🐝
2020 anyone
2:40 (ignore this)
He came to my school today
I was there.
We are accually nice
🐝 🙏🏻
MANCHESTER ALL THE WAY
Woooooooooooooooh😌
Im doing this for english work
no one cares charlie
Who’s watching this from a geography online lesson
Love Manchester 🐝
manchester home
Proud to be manc
love briton
🙏
Whos still here?
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The sound of the videos is not good
❤🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝❤
how much do Mancunians love their city ?
FunkySheet more than you could ever imagine
Cant you see by the crowd??
More than you'll ever know. No matter what religion, red or blue, ❤
Its everything to us
❤ 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❤ 🎉💃🏃➡️💋💕✊️✊🏾
Why is John Bercow there?
Because he was the speaker of the House of Commons at the time - he was representing Parliament at the memorial service
Oh no here come the waterworks...
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