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The 75th anniversary is approaching of the 5th Pan-African Congress, one of the most momentous events in Manchester, and indeed African, history. The congress, which was held from the 15th to the 21st of October 1945, saw nationalist leaders aiming for independence within that continent make their final push to break off the colonial chains of the British Empire.  Continue reading →

Very sorry to announce that from today, Tuesday 25 February, we will not be able to carry out any Underground Manchester tours for the time being.
This is owing to renovations being carried out down below. Everyone who has booked will of course be refunded as soon as possible.
We will make an announcement as soon as the space reopens.
Best wishes
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Our Next Public Tours
• Fri 16 Oct, ZOOM, Manchester Town Hall, 2pm, on-line.
• Fri 16 Oct, ZOOM, Underground Manchester, 5pm, on-line.
• Sat 17 Oct WALK, Slavery and Manchester, 2.30pm, Victoria Station wallmap.
• Sun 18 Oct, WALK, The Wonders of Worsley, 12.30pm, Worsley Village Library.
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News comes in of the death of Richard Pankhurst, son of Sylvia, arguably Manchester’s greatest ever citizen, who has passed away aged 89 in Ethiopia and might well be afforded a state funeral.

Here’s the piece I’ve written for the Manchester Evening News.

Richard Pankhurst, the only son of Sylvia Pankhurst, the suffragette leader who was one of Manchester’s greatest ever figures, has died aged 89 at his home in Ethiopia…

Calls have gone out to grant the late academic and political agitator a state funeral in the east African country.
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Join Ed Glinert, Manchester’s leading historian, Penguin author, a Penguin Classics editor, Arts Society lecturer, cruises ships speaker, who has completed more than 5,500 Manchester tours, on a trio of fascinating, eye-opening literary tours set in Manchester during this autumn 2024’s Literature Festival, including tours on Charles Dickens, Anthony Burgess and Elizabeth Gaskell. Continue reading →

Now that the old Corrie set is staying open until 2016 we’re looking for tour operators and coach companies to complement a visit to the old Coronation Street set with a Corrie locations coach tour or walking tour with New Manchester Walks’s Corrie expert Ed Glinert (pictured left with Mary and Norris). What a great addition to any Manchester visit! Continue reading →

The city hosts and holds a thousand treasures: glorious buildings, priceless artefacts, unforgettable stories. We’ve picked out some of the greatest for a remarkable new tour.

• First run: Tuesday 11 October 2016 at 1.30pm from the Visitor Centre. Continue reading →

This October, as every October, the Manchester Literature Festival is taking place, so we at New Manchester Walks are hosting our annual FREE literary tours. These tours are led by much-published author Ed Glinert, a Penguin Classics editor:

* Charles Dickens’ Manchester, Wednesday 18 October, 11am from the Queen Victoria statue in Piccadilly Gardens.
* Elizabeth Gaskell’s Manchester, Thursday 26 October, 11am from St Ann’s Church. The tour includes a visit to the Portico Library, where William Gaskell, Elizabeth’s husband, was chairman for 35 years in the mid-19th century, and after a stroll around town visiting Gaskellian haunts, a bus ride to Chorlton-on-Medlock to explore Dover Street, where the Gaskells first lived when they married in 1832, ending up natch at the Elizabeth Gaskell House. Continue reading →

Due to what the met office call a weather situation we had to move our much-anticipated Hebden Bridge & Heptonstall tour, which was supposed to take place on Tuesday 25 August, to Wednesday 30 September, 12 noon start from Hebden Bridge station. Continue reading →