Arianators Assemble the Teen Fans Weaving a Web of Support
Thursday 25.05.17 12A Symbol of defi ance ofdefi Symbol bee Manchester’s Morrissey’s hate Morrissey’s Suzanne Moore of support aweb weaving fans The teen assemble Arianators Taste tested Taste Croissants! Sgt Pepper art Pepper Sgt Chicago Judy Shortcuts Symbolism Why the bee is a perfect symbol Seen in Manchester … a card left after the for Manchester terror attack, graffiti on a gate, a bee tattoo and a city bollard rom homemade banners F and badges to images of mosaics, cartoons and T-shirts posted online, one symbol has come to defi ne Manchester’s togetherness following Monday night’s terror attack: the worker bee. But, as even Mancunians may be asking, why ? Offi cially, bees have been part of the city’s identity since 1842 , when a new city coat of arms was unveiled which, in part, depicts bees swarming across the globe. This represented the industriousness of the “worker bees” then toiling in Manchester’s cotton mills, colloquially known as beehives. What Manchester’s impover- ished, slum-dwelling workers thought of this depiction is not recorded. The Co-operative Movement used beehives as a positive symbol of solidarity , but logo , on the clock face at the bespoke litter bins with a honey- What happened this week, that city crest must surely have Victorian Palace hotel , even comb design and luminescent bee however, embodies Manchester’s felt somewhat patronising in this referenced, obliquely, in the black logo . Suddenly, the bee was fl eet, instinctive creativity. From then hotbed of Chartist revolt. and gold trim of Manchester everywhere, and, gradually, it factory chimneys to bucket hats, A city which, via a roll call of City’s 2009/10 away kit .
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