Manchester Town Hall opened on 13 September 1877, and the thousands in attendance could ask only one question: “Where’s Queen Victoria”?
Yes, why did the Queen refuse to attend on this great day in Manchester history and how has the Town Hall fared since.
New Manchester Walks reveals all on the 136th anniversary of the first day.
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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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