Name for a Liverpool/Manchester Megacity?
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Considering the area made its money through the cotton trade and has very left wing councils I'd expect there to be pressure to name the North West conurbation after some renowned abolitionist or former slave.
Wilberforce? Though he was from near Hull. Maybe something for Thomas Clarkson? His speech in Manchester was pretty important for the local movement. And he was nearly killed by a gang of sailors in Liverpool so maybe he is relatable?
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In the seventies a lot of the regions formed in ‘72/‘74 had characterless geographical names. This would seem to be from that time.
Simon de Montfort was an Earl of Leicester and held up as an early proponent of democratic government (also a massive antisemite, but that bit - unsurprisingly - didn’t get much attention until much more recently) as he formed parliaments that included representatives of the people. He was a Duke of Lancaster during his control of tHe country in 1265-65.
Greater Mersey City or Greater Merseyside works for me
Or perhaps have the 'new super city' named after the Queen?
Queen Elizabeth II City (which of course would be shortened to Liz Town or Liz City or something) with a the various parts retaining their own identity like London does
Or perhaps have the 'new super city' named after the Queen?
Queen Elizabeth II City (which of course would be shortened to Liz Town or Liz City or something) with a the various parts retaining their own identity like London does
Take an eastern part of Manchester’s collected conurbations and adapt it - Stockport-on-Sea 
Whatever it’s named, neither of the old cities will like it.
Manchester nicknames:
"Cottonopolis", "Warehouse City", "Madchester"
Liverpool nicknames:
Dublin's Backyard, East Dublin, Ireland's Second Capital, The World Capital of Pop, The World in One City
None of those seem agreeable compromises.
Their mottos’ are:
Liverpool:
Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit ("God has granted us this ease")
Manchester:
Latin: "Concilio Et Labore" "By wisdom and effort"
So, combined:
Celdnhof
“By wisdom and effort god has granted us this ease.”
And the arguments start of that is a hard C or an S sounding C.
Manchester nicknames:
"Cottonopolis", "Warehouse City", "Madchester"
Liverpool nicknames:
Dublin's Backyard, East Dublin, Ireland's Second Capital, The World Capital of Pop, The World in One City
None of those seem agreeable compromises.
Their mottos’ are:
Liverpool:
Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit ("God has granted us this ease")
Manchester:
Latin: "Concilio Et Labore" "By wisdom and effort"
So, combined:
Celdnhof
“By wisdom and effort god has granted us this ease.”
And the arguments start of that is a hard C or an S sounding C.
When you fly out of Trondheim in Norway you have to go on the Highway to Hell to get to the airport. It does freeze:
Hell has a train station too:
