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The biggest cities of Great Britain:The biggest cities of Great Britain Andres Veidenberg, Argo Mikk
C.R.Jakobson Gymn.
11c
Supervisors: Tiia Pukk, Marje Maasen
Viljandi
2002
Introduction:Introduction We are going to talk about the biggest cities of Great Britain
There are 10 biggest cities in Great Britain
All this cities have important part of Britain economy and culture
The biggest cities:The biggest cities
Population of the cities:Population of the cities
London:London The capital of England
Is situated in south-eastern England along the Thames River
Founded by Romans in A.D. 43
One of the three main financial centres in the world
Parliament
The river Thames runs thorough the city
Transport in London:Transport in London Double-deckers
Black taxis
Underground
Planes
London underground:London underground Founded in 1870
One of the biggest in the world
London sights:London sights Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle Tower Bridge
Arms of London:Arms of London
Edinburgh:Edinburgh Capital of Scotland
Famous Edinburghers: Bell, Stevenson, Scott, Connery.
Coastal city
Bristol:Bristol The largest city in the South West
It has a great harbour
Home of Rolls Royce
The Concorde factory
Leeds :Leeds 75 nationalities
731 Bede’s “History of English Church and People”
Centre of wool & sewing factory
Glasgow :Glasgow Compaq
Scotland’s largest city
Fishing
Harbour city
Aberdeen:Aberdeen Oil Capital of Europe + 40.000 jobs
The world's first holographic 3D camera
It’s a coastal city
Manchester:Manchester 10% of workers
Significant financial sector
The highest weekly earnings-£420.40
Manchester United
Birmingham:Birmingham Second largest city
Aston Hall
The first steam engine was invented Warwick Castle
Shakespeare:Shakespeare Stratford Upon Avon W. Shakespeare (
Liverpool:Liverpool Capital of culture
The Beatles
Sunday talents
Festival city
Newcastle :Newcastle Many earthquakes
Harbour
Coal mining
Summary:Summary There are 10 biggest cities in GB.
Only London & Birmingham have more than 1,000,000 citizens
Many interesting sights