Greater Manchester is a county in the North West of England, a hellish chimera made up of the worst parts of Lancashire and Cheshire. Coming into existence on 1st April 1974, it was presumed to be an over-elaborate April Fool’s joke but no, Cheshire and Lancashire under the auspices of the 1972 Local Government Act wanted shut of their own hell holes and thus, Greater Manchester was born. Greater Manchester comprises mainly of towns that were once quite prosperous during the Industrial Revolution but have long since decayed, with state benefits being the chosen career path for the majority of its citizens.