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Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.

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A. J. P. Taylor
Age: 84 †
Born: 1906
Born: March 25
Died: 1990
Died: September 7
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
Journalist
University Teacher
Alan John Percivale Taylor
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Snobbery
Everything
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Looks
Manchester
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Characteristic
Vice
Characteristics
Vices
England

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