 B of the Bang was located next to the City of Manchester Stadium at <unk> , in <unk> , at the corner of Alan Turing Way and Ashton New Road ; . It took its name from a quotation of British <unk> <unk> Christie in which he said that he started his races not merely at the ' <unk> ' of the starting pistol , but at ' The B of the Bang ' . The artwork had been nicknamed <unk> by the locals after the popular children 's game from the 1970s . 
