h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Brit Pop.

The early nineties saw a explosion of music from Manchester, Oasis proving the most long standing and sucessful of the bunch. A dance scene developed around clubs such as the Hacienda.

TV.

Home of Granada's set for the UK's longest running soap Coronation Street. Also Canal Street was the setting for Channel 4's ground breaking romantic drama 'Queer as Folk' in which the main charectors just happened to be gay.

Sport.

Home of Manchester United. The team of Busby's babes who were descimated in the Munich air crash of 1958. But rebuilt by Sir Matt around another survivor Sir Bobby Charlton to become the first English football team to win the European cup in 1968. However in 1974 an Old Trafford favourite Dennis Law, who crossed to the sky blue Manchester City, casually back healed the goal which saw United relegated to Division 2, he shrugged of the congratulations of his teammates.

Just some ideas to get you started.

DD

Surely that would be a dance scene developed because (and at) the Hacienda. The hacienda is also probably the only club to have had it's own record label number (fac 51).

Yeah you're right. I was just getting the ball rolloing though, correction could come when the officail call is announced.

Sorry chaps, I think you'll find the Liverpool club Cream – not to mention The Ministry of Sound – also have their own record labels.

They may well own record labels, but the Hacienda was owned by a record label. They also gave the club it's own record number.

And the people who run Cream do say that had it not been for the Hacienda they wouldn't be doing what they now do.

The Hacienda, the first superclub?