Alongside the exciting theatrical productions at the new Factory, there are historical tours of the city.
This Saturday, 15 July, at 11am, Ed Glinert will be giving a most illuminating free tour on Manchester’s links with slavery and how the ship on the city coat of arms IS a slave ship, even though you know who told the Guardian it wasn’t.
Meet at Victoria Station wallmap. Please book on Eventbrite.
Did you see Oppenheimer, the blockbuster, Oscar-winning film about the atom bomb, named after J. Robert Oppenheimer, organiser of the Manhattan Project which dropped the bombs on Japan in 1945?
Ed Glinert of New Manchester Walks, who has hosted countless local tours that include stopping at the atomic bunker on Chinatown’s George Street, and gives talks on the story of the atom bomb on cruise ships, relates the full atomic story to coincide with the release of the film and as the 78th anniversary of the dropping of the bombs in August 1945 to end the Second World War approaches.
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