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Castlefield
Next tour: Castlefield pub walk, Friday 2 August, 6pm. Meet: Beetham Tower Entrance on Deansgate. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Castlefield is not only the Roman birthplace of Manchester, it was also the industrial birthplace of the … Continue reading
Ardwick – The Good, The Bad and The Downright Ugly
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Malmaison Hotel, 3 Piccadilly, time tbc. Ardwick was once so desirable a suburb the richest and most powerful men in Manchester (Nathan Mayer Rothschild, John Rylands) sought it out for their mansions. Okay that was … Continue reading
Angel Meadow – Victorian Hell-Hole
Next tour: Saturday 2 November 2024 Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, 2pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. “The lowest, most filthy, most unhealthy, and most wicked locality in Manchester…full of cellars and inhabited by prostitutes, their bullies, thieves, … Continue reading
Ancoats
Next free walking tour: Sunday 18 August 2024. Meet: Band on the Wall, Swan Street, 12 noon. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Welcome to Ancoats, the cradle of the industrial revolution, a factory hoot from Manchester city … Continue reading
Winston Churchill’s Manchester
Next tour: No dates as yet. Meet: —. Was Winston Churchill the greatest Englishman of the 20th century or was he an egomaniac who should be vilified for using poison gas on the Iraqis? Was he the champion of democracy … Continue reading
Sylvia Pankhurst
Next free tour: Sun 5 May 2024, 1pm. Meet: Emmeline Pankhurst Statue, St Peter’s Square Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. The 5th of May is the birthday of one of Britain’s greatest political activists – Sylvia Pankhurst. … Continue reading
The Rothschilds and Manchester
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Matt Busby – The Man Who United Manchester
Bob Paisley won more trophies, Bill Shankly made more noise, Alf was better spoken. But nobody commanded more respect than Matt. It may have been the calm air of authority he carried around with him or the fact that he … Continue reading
Charles Dickens in Manchester
Next tour: Mon 14 Oct 2024, during the Manchester Literature Festival. Meet: Outside the Mercure Hotel, Portland Street, 1pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Private bookings: To book privately, please phone Ed Glinert on 07769 29 8068. What … Continue reading
L. S. Lowry’s Manchester
Next Walking tour: NO DATES YET Meet: Queen Victoria Statue, Piccadilly Gardens. Booking: Spurned, snubbed and sniggered at, Laurence Stephen Lowry became Britain’s most famous and best-loved 20th century painter, whose works now sell for millions. He called himself a … Continue reading
