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3-5 November 2010
Manchester Town Hall, Manchester
Welcome to the vibrant, diverse and cultural city of Manchester! Most of you will associate Manchester with its sporting heritage and Coronation Street but here are 10 facts you didn’t know about this wonderful city:
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Manchester's Endocrine links go back to Roman times; in AD 79 the settlement was known as Mamuciam which means 'breast-shaped hill'. There is a statue of the Roman governor, Agricola, outside the Town Hall
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In the 18th century Manchester was the cotton-making capital of the world. Manchester's cotton mill heritage means that bed-linen is known as manchester in other parts of the world including Australia. Manchester is twinned with Ahmedabad, India which established itself as the centre of a booming textile industry, earning it the nickname "the Manchester of the East"
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Manchester University boasts 23 Nobel prize winners amongst its current and former staff and students
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Famous Mancunians include politician David Lloyd George, comedians Bill Oddie and Peter Kay, novelists Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell and Frances Hodgson Burnett, the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and the artist LS Lowrie
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Contrary to popular belief the city's average annual rainfall is only 807mm with 140 rainy days per annum, compared to the UK average of 1,125mm with 154 rainy days per annum
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Manchester has always been a hotbed for social change - it was the birthplace of the industrial revolution, the suffragette movement, and vegetarianism
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Manchester's many 'firsts' include the first commercial computer, the first splitting of the atom, the first working canal, the first intercity railway, the first free lending library, the first full Marks and Spencer store and the first test tube baby
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Manchester was the city where Rolls met Royce - Charles Rolls met Frederick Royce for the first time at The Midland Hotel in 1904. They set up their legendary luxury car company 2 years later...
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Famous names from Manchester’s vibrant music scene include Radiohead, Coldplay, Bee Gees, Sex pistols, Oasis, Stone Roses, Take That, M people, Morrissey, New Order and the Verve
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10. At 168.87m tall, The Beetham Tower, housing the Hilton Hotel is the tallest residential development in Europe and the tallest UK building outside of London
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Our venue, the fabulous neo-gothic Town Hall, is well worth exploring and you may recognise it as one of the locations in the recent Sherlock Holmes film! The Town Hall is walking distance from most of Manchester's central hotels and attractions and we hope you will take the opportunity to sample some of what Manchester has on offer.
The Endocrine team at Manchester has seen a number of changes over the past year - including a move to our new Children's Hospital, the largest in Europe, and staffing changes - including the tragic loss of our dear colleague Dr Catherine Hall - whose vision it was to hold the BSPED meeting here.
The 38th Annual BSPED meeting will start with a CME day on Wednesday 3rd - with themes of adrenal disease and disorders of sexual development, an Endocrine day on Thursday 4th with themes of hormone replacement, metabolic bone health and opportunities to present oral presentations and posters. There will be a parallel programme on Thursday for the RCN Diabetes Specialist Nurses group and then a Conference Dinner with music and dancing. Friday 5th brings a Diabetes day with symposia on the Beta-cell and practical management issues. There will also be a parallel programme on Friday for Endocrine Specialist nurses.
We look forward to seeing you here for what promises to be an exciting and thought-provoking meeting!
Sarah Ehtisham
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Programmes
Benefactors
- Eli Lilly and Company Ltd
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Ipsen Ltd
- Merck Serono
- Novo Nordisk Ltd
- Pfizer Ltd
- Sandoz
- Sanofi-Aventis
CPD
Accreditation is being sought from the RCPCH. |
