Category Archives: History Alive
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
The Grand Hotels of Manchester (Beetham, St John’s, Radisson, Midland…Grand Pearl (!)
This tour: Sunday 27 March 2022 (Mother’s Day), 12noon. Meet Mercure Hotel, Piccadilly Gardens. Forget lastminute.com, please book with eventbrite. Booking: Please press here to book with Evenbrite. End with tea at the Radisson or Midland or Great John Street…you choose! This … Continue reading
Russiaи Maиchester – Behiиd the Iroиic Curtaiи
Next tour: Nyet dates yet. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, time tbc. Stravinsky conducted in Manchester; Joe Sunlight built here. Yuri Gagarin posed outside the Town Hall after walking above here (in space). There’s a myth that the Communist Manifesto was researched here, … Continue reading
Roman Manchester
Next tour: Bank Holiday Monday 27 May 2024. Meet: Deansgate Entrance, Beetham Tower, 2.30pm. What you need to know: Please bring typical Roman lunch: snails fattened on milk, peacocks’ brains and flamingos’ tongues. What you need to remember: Sic Transit Omnibus … Continue reading
Italian Manchester – Arrivederci Croma
Next tour: No public dates yet. Meet: Central Library, St Peter’s Square, time tbc. Booking: Just turn up. It’s been 150 years since Il Risorgimento brought ice-cream and Venetian vistas to Manchester. The city welcomed huge numbers of Italians in the mid-19th … Continue reading
The Dark Side of Manchester
Next tour: * Date: Friday 2 October 2020, 5.30pm. * Meet: Central Library, St Peter’s Square. * Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. Forget Jack the Ripper and the dark corners of the East End, Manchester is gloomier, … Continue reading
Jewish Manchester
The Old Jewish Ghetto of Manchester Next tour: Sunday 9 February 2025, 12 noon. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap. Ends: At the Jewish museum. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Here’s the full S.P. The Manchester area is … Continue reading
Victorian Manchester (Hell Is A City)
Next tour: Thu 29 Sep 2016. Meet: Oxford Road station, 11am. Rivers clogged with excrement and decomposing bodies. Rampant crime. Factories vomiting toxic plumes and changing the colour of the horizon for miles around. Is this Manchester today? Not quite. … Continue reading
Victorian Manchester
Next tours: No dates yet. Ideal for school groups (A Level). Part 1: “The Glories”. Part 2: “The Horrors”. Victorian Manchester, The Glories: Gothic grandeur, democracy, free trade, Pre-Raphaelite paintings, education, full employment, war over. Victorian Manchester, The Horrors: Cholera, chimneys, tripe, … Continue reading
Manchester Tourist Trail
The next tours are FREE Wed 15 Sep 2021, 10.45am. Meet: Emmeline Pankhurst statue, St Peter’s Square. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. What can we tell you? New to the city or just looking to be refreshed at parts … Continue reading
