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Salford Cathedral
Next tour: no dates yet. On this tour we start in Manchester and rundown a potted history of Manchester Cathedral before crossing the Irwell into the great northern city of Salford. On the north bank of the Irwell the centre … Continue reading
Gorton Monastery – Talks and Tours
Ed Glinert is back at Gorton Monastery delivering talks. Please see Monastery website. To book, please contact the Monastery on 0161 223 3211 Gorton was once the workshop of the world. Here the first locomotives taking trains across … Continue reading
Town Hall Clock Tower Tours
Next tours: Sadly, for now the tours have had to be suspended due to repair work. The tower will probably re-open in 2023, and we don’t mean twenty-three minutes past eight. Duration: About 75 minutes. Do I need to be … Continue reading
The Horrors of Eating, Drinking & Living in Victorian Manchester
**THIS TOUR IS No. 1 ON TRIPEADVISOR!** Next tour: Tuesday 29 September 2020, if the guide manages to finish porking his way through that plate of cow pie. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, 2.30pm. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. Horrors? Most certainly. … Continue reading
Urban Wastelands Of Manchester
Next tour: Wed 25 April 2012. Meet: Star & Garter pub, Fairfield Street, by Piccadilly Station. Need we say more!
Spies & Spooks
Next tour: Wed 15 Feb 2012. Meet: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, directly above the secret state cold war nuclear bunker (believe it) at exactly 2.30pm. Bring: The documents. Those ones. Beware: Guides who may not be guides. Fellow walkers who may not be … Continue reading
Psychogeographic Manchester
Next tour: 14 March 2012. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap.
Nuclear Manchester
Next tour: 9 May 2012. Meet: Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Plaza.
Manchester’s Murder Mile
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Midland Hotel steps, Peter Street. Tour replaced for now by Hangman’s Manchester.
Hell Is A City
Next tour: Wed 23 May 2012 Meet: Oxford Road Station, 2.30pm. Rivers clogged with excrement and decomposing bodies. Rampant crime. Factories “vomiting” toxic fumes and changing the colour of the horizon for miles around. Is this the Manchester of today? Not quite! … Continue reading
