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St Ann’s Church
Tours are done as part of a double bill featuring John Rylands Library. See (http://www.newmanchesterwalks.com/walks-tours/john-ryland’s-library/) Next tours: Wed 9 May (10.30am), Thu 9 Aug (11am). Meet: outside St Ann’s Church. St Ann’s is the only surviving Protestant church in Manchester city centre. …
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Gorton
Next tours: Sun 12 Feb 2012, Sun 20 May 2012. Meet: Gorton Monastery (in the cafe), 11.30am. Cost: £7.50 (which mostly goes to the Monastery). Gorton was once the workshop of the world. Here the first locomotives taking trains across …
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Salford Cathedral and Churches
Next 2012 tours: Tue 8 May, Wed 25 July Meet: 12 noon, Renaissance hotel, corner Deansgate & Blackfriars Street. On the north bank of the Irwell the centre of old Salford features a religious history to rival the bigger city on the …
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Gorton Monastery
Next 2012 tours: Sun 20 May, Sun 24 June, Sun 8 July. Meet: Gorton Monastery (in the cafe), 11.30am. Cost: £7.50 (which mostly goes to the Monastery). Gorton was once the workshop of the world. Here the first locomotives …
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Town Hall Clock Tower Tours
Next tours: Sun 26 Feb, Sun 4 March Meet: 10am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm. L. S. Lowry painted it, Alfred Waterhouse designed it, Great Abel hangs from it and soon you’ll be able to regularly go up it. Manchester Town Hall’s clock …
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The Horrors of Eating & Drinking In Victorian Manchester
Next tour: Wed 22 Feb 2012. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, 2.30pm. Horrors? Most certainly. Towards the end of the 19th century the Ministry of Health conducted a survey of local milk. Of 62,133 samples tested, 4,773 were found to be impure. In …
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Urban Wastelands Of Manchester
Next tour: Wed 25 April 2012. Meet: Star & Garter pub, Fairfield Street, by Piccadilly Station. Need we say more!
