It’s the river that ducks and dives in and out of view through Manchester – from a sudden appearance by UMIST, its journey into Little Ireland and Gaythorn, disappearance once more in Castlefield, and on to its watery grave in the Irwell.
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In Search of the River Medlock
- Start:
- 15/07/2017 4:00 pm
- End:
- 15/07/2017 6:00 pm
- Cost:
- £8
- Venue:
- Outside the BBC building, Oxford Road
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Address:
Google Map - Oxford Road, United Kingdom, M60 1SJ
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- Oppenheimer – the Manchester atomic connection
The atom bomb is hot news right now, thanks to this summer’s big blockbuster film, Oppenheimer, 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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