Category Archives: Political Manchester
Seditious Salford
Next tour: no dates yet. Meet: People’s History Museum, Bridge Street. Booking: 25 September 1838: the Manchester Political Union sponsored a huge political rally at Kersal Moor, Salford. The bosses closed their factories for the day. A crowd of a quarter of … Continue reading
Reds, Radicals and Revolutionaries
Next tour: Saturday 29 June 2024. Meet: Emmeline Pankhurst Statue, 2pm. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. *** What ever happened to Leon Trotsky? Well he never came to Manchester, but Marx and Engels did, and “Orator” Hunt, … Continue reading
The Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo tours on the day: No. 1: Friday 16 August (Peterloo Day) 2024, 1pm. Meet: outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. No. 2: Friday 16 August (Peterloo Day) 2024, 6.20pm (after the … Continue reading
Manchester’s Political Prisoners
Next tours: No public dates yet. Meet: Central Library, St Peter’s Square. Bring: A copy of Clause IV, if you can prise it from Tony Blair’s hands. More apt than Mao’s Little Red Book. How apt that the People’s History Museum … Continue reading
Engels & Marx in Manchester Pub Tour: Drinkers of the World Unite!
Marx & Engels pub tour: Friday 20 June 2025. Meet: Friedrich Engels Statue, outside HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Gaythorn, 6pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Follow in the footsteps of Karl Marx, inventor of … Continue reading
Disraeli, Gladstone and Cobden – Victorian Titans
Next tour: No more public dates yet. Meet: Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens. Bring: An open mind and an endless font of curiosity. End: Cobden’s House. Calling all history and politics teachers. Book privately: this walk is ideal for your “A” Level students! … Continue reading
Engels & Marx in Manchester
Marx & Engels pub tour: Friday 20 June 2025. Meet: Friedrich Engels Statue, outside HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Gaythorn, 6pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Follow in the footsteps of Karl Marx, inventor of … Continue reading
