Category Archives: Walks & Tours

Town Hall Clock Tower Tours

Posted on 31/01/2012 by admin

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 →

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The Horrors of Eating, Drinking & Living in Victorian Manchester

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

**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 →

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Urban Wastelands Of Manchester

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

Next tour: Wed 25 April 2012. Meet: Star & Garter pub, Fairfield Street, by Piccadilly Station.       Need we say more!

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Spies & Spooks

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

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 →

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Psychogeographic Manchester

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

Next tour: 14 March 2012. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap.

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Nuclear Manchester

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

Next tour: 9 May 2012. Meet: Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Plaza.

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Manchester’s Murder Mile

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Midland Hotel steps, Peter Street. Tour replaced for now by Hangman’s Manchester.

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Hell Is A City

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

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 →

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Hangman’s Manchester

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

Next tour: No public dates. Private Tours: Please send an s.a.e. to Mr. Albert Pierrepoint, Landlord, The Help The Poor Struggler alehouse, 303 Manchester Road, Oldham. Meet: People’s History Museum, Bridge Street. Manchester can boast of being the city where the … Continue reading →

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God’s Manchester

Posted on 18/01/2012 by admin

Next tour: 4th April 2012 Meet: Victoria Station wallmap.

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