Madchester

In 1988 Manchester was a rather grubby little city with chronic unemployment and the highest rate of heart disease outside a hospital cardiac unit.

In 1989 it was the most important place in the world to anyone aged under 30, and they were literally queueing up to get in.

The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets and others clogged up the UK charts each week. The nightclub The Hacienda was packed every evening and city clothing market Affleck's Palace became a bigger fashion centre than Milan.

Even Londoners started talking with a Mancunian accent.