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27.04.2024 - 18:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
To some it's Eastlands, to others, it will always be Bradford - but this area of east Manchester has seen an incredible transformation over the last 25-years. The area didn't only acquire a new name but was completely transformed.
These days the area east of the city centre has been reinvented as a powerhouse of sport and entertainment. The SportCity complex in Eastlands is the home of Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and Campus, National Cycling Centre and Velodrome, Manchester Regional Arena and the National Squash Centre.
It's also now home to Co-op Live, Europe's largest indoor arena, set to host some of the biggest acts in music as well as the MTV Europe Music Awards in November. All this, is a far cry from an area of the city seen as a 'barren wasteland' a little over 25-years ago.
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The name Bradford is steeped in history, first recorded in 1196 as 'Bradeford', meaning 'broad ford'. Up until the Industrial Revolution, this area was mostly rural and woodland, which eagles and wolves are once said to have inhabited.
Coal has been mined in Bradford since at least the early 17th century, and when clay was also discovered, a brickworks was also built. The village's proximity to the Ashton Canal and the River Medlock also helped it play a key role in the industrial revolution and factories including cotton mills and Bradford Ironworks provided hundreds of jobs.
The Etihad Stadium now sits above what was Bradford Colliery. And, during improvement works on the MCFC stadium in 2010, archaeologists
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