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How modern day Manchester mirrors it's Victorian past
Manchester is a city built in part on the vast wealth of Victorian industrialists.
Amassing fortunes from the likes of cotton, engineering and law, they poured shares of their spoils into founding universities, hospitals, libraries and art galleries.
But what is motivating Manchester’s modern-day millionaires and billionaires to hand over chunks of their wealth to good causes?
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