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Political Villains of Manchester
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: People’s History Museum, Bridge Street, time tbc. There have been some bad people in charge of Manchester and Salford over the years – and you, the good people of the twin cities, have been bossed about by them and sometimes even voted for them! We’re talking about Oswald Mosley, leader …
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Political Heroes of Manchester
Next walk: No dates yet. Meet: People’s History Museum, Bridge Street. You want heroes? Heroes that transcend party politicking and partisanship? Difficult one. Maybe Richard Cobden, Friedrich Engels, Wiliam Gladstone, Sylvia Pankhurst and Paul Robeson. Them and the usual crowd of assorted Trots, liberals and free-thinkers.
The Beatles’ Liverpool
Next FREE walking tour: “The Beatles’ Liverpool” with Mojo’s Ed Glinert: Date: Saturday 2 March 2024, 12 noon. To Commemorate: 60 Years since the filming of A Hard Day’s Night began! Meet: Ken Dodd statue, Lime Street station. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Join the North’s most prolific tour guide, Ed Glinert, …
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Liverpool
Next tours: • On the Waterfront, Tuesday 12 March 2019, 12 noon, from the Town Hall front entrance. • The Hidden Gems of Liverpool, Wednesday 24 April 2019, 11.30am, from the Ken Dodd statue, Lime Street station. John, Paul, George, Ringo & Pete Best; Bessy, Degsy & Arthur Askey; Bazza & Shanks; Ken Dodd’s Dad’s …
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Irish Manchester
Next tour, the Little Ireland Explorer: Friday 17 March during the 2023 Manchester Irish Festival. Meet: Outside HOME, 11.30am. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. For 2020, we’re doing it a little differently, exploring Little Ireland as well as focussing on great Irishmen and women who have made their mark on Manchester. Little …
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Coronation Street coach tour
Next tour is on Zoom: Sunday 21 March 2021. This is a Classic Corrie Zoom coach tour to mark 60 years of Coronation Street. Meet: On your computer! Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. *** Coronation Street is now 60 glorious years old and we are marking the occasion with a remarkable new tour: “Classic Corrie …
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Manchester in the 1960s
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Malmaison, No. 3 Piccadilly, time tbc. The ’60s were invented in Manchester when George Best arrived at Exchange Station as a raw 15-year-old in July 1961, never having left Northern Ireland before. He requested the taxi driver outside the station to take him to Old Trafford but he was …
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