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		1 Underground Manchester: “Don’t Mention the War!” Hidden Gems of Manchester Hidden Gems of Manchester 01/05/2019 10:00 am – 01/05/2019 1:15 pm This Tour, May 2019: Wed 1 May 2019. Meet: Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 11am. Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. This is a remarkable tour of city sights and sites you always wanted to…	2	3	4 Hidden Gems of Manchester Ted Hughes Country (Manchester Literature Festival Fringe) Ted Hughes Country (Manchester Literature Festival Fringe) 04/05/2019 12:00 pm – 04/05/2019 3:30 pm Next tour: Ted Hughes country Sat 4 May 2019. Meet: Mytholmroyd station, 12 noon. Booking: Please book here through eventbrite. Trains: We know what you’re thinking…what if there’s a bloody train strike? Well, fingers…	5 Ted Hughes Country (Manchester Literature Festival Fringe) Ted Hughes Country (Manchester Literature Festival Fringe) Sylvia Pankhurst Birthday Memorial Walk – Votes for (All) Women! Sylvia Pankhurst Birthday Memorial Walk – Votes for (All) Women! 05/05/2019 11:00 am – 05/05/2019 1:30 pm * Next tour: Sunday 5 May 2019. * Meet: St Ann’s Church. * Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. She was Britain’s greatest female political activist. She led the campaign for women to… Karl Marx 201st Birthday Commemorations Karl Marx 201st Birthday Commemorations 05/05/2019 3:00 pm Next tour: Sunday 5 May 2019, 3pm. Meet: Friedrich Engels statue, HOME arts centre. Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. Join us to follow in the Manchester footsteps of Karl Marx, the man who…
6	7	8	9 Karl Marx 201st Birthday Commemorations Karl Marx 201st Birthday Commemorations Secret Salford Secret Salford 09/05/2019 2:00 pm – 09/05/2019 4:00 pm Next tour: Thu 9 May 2019. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, 2pm. Booking: PLEASE BOOK HERE WITH EVENTBRITE. “Dirty old town” sang the man. He was relaxing in between shows at Hyndman Hall on Liverpool… The Secret History of Manchester The Secret History of Manchester 09/05/2019 6:00 pm – 09/05/2019 7:45 pm This tour. Meet at the tfgm office, Piccadilly Gardens: • Thu 9 May 2019, 6pm. Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. Here’s something you didn’t know (we hope). During the Second World War the…	10	11	12 The Secret History of Manchester Liverpool in 12 Songs Liverpool in 12 Songs 12/05/2019 1:00 pm – 12/05/2019 3:00 pm Cost: Free; please the tip the guide generously…if you think he did a good job. If you don’t, he might tip you. Booking: PLEASE BOOK HERE WITH EVENTBRITE. Only 12 songs? We…
13	14	15 Liverpool in 12 Songs Liverpool in 12 Songs Southern Cemetery tour Southern Cemetery tour 15/05/2019 11:30 am – 15/05/2019 1:15 pm Tour, May 2019: Wed 15 May, 11.30am. Booking: PLEASE PRESS HERE TO BOOK WITH EVENTBRITE. Meet: At the Cemetery Gates (opposite James Hilton Memorials), 245 Barlow Moor Road (Barlow Moor Road Metrolink stop,… Manchester Cathedral & the Mediaeval City Manchester Cathedral & the Mediaeval City 15/05/2019 2:30 pm – 15/05/2019 4:15 pm May tour: Wed 15 May 2019, 2.30pm. Meet: Shudehill Metrolink stop. Booking: Hear ye, hear ye, PLEASE BOOK HERE WITH YE EVENTBRITE. * Chetham’s: Europe’s oldest library. * Manchester Cathedral: an ancient place of worship…	16 Manchester Cathedral & the Mediaeval City Manchester Cathedral & the Mediaeval City Edinburgh’s Royal Mile TALK FOR PRIVATE GROUP Edinburgh’s Royal Mile TALK FOR PRIVATE GROUP 16/05/2019 10:30 am – 16/05/2019 12:00 pm No description has been entered for this event. Literary Manchester: TOUR FOR PRIVATE GROUP Literary Manchester: TOUR FOR PRIVATE GROUP 16/05/2019 6:00 pm – 16/05/2019 8:30 pm * Join Penguin author Ed Glinert, editor of Penguin Classics’ Sherlock Holmes stories, in unravelling Manchester’s literary history on this timeless trail. *** In the beginning was the word, and the word eventually…	17	18	19 Literary Manchester: TOUR FOR PRIVATE GROUP Literary Manchester: TOUR FOR PRIVATE GROUP Alan Turing’s Manchester Alan Turing’s Manchester 19/05/2019 11:30 am – 19/05/2019 1:00 pm Tour, May 2019: Sunday 19 May 2019 Meet: Manchester Museum Reception, Chorlton-on-Medlock, 11.30am. Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. He broke the Nazis’ Enigma code, almost invented the computer, and was persecuted to… Morrissey At 60 Morrissey At 60 19/05/2019 2:30 pm – 19/05/2019 4:15 pm Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. Yes, he’s a difficult bugger. Yes, he’s a handful. Yes, he makes statements Dave Haslam doesn’t like. Yes, he hasn’t made a decent record since,…
20 Morrissey At 60 Hidden Gems of Manchester Hidden Gems of Manchester 20/05/2019 11:00 am – 20/05/2019 1:15 pm Tour, May 2019 (2): Mon 20 May 2019. Meet: Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 11am. Booking: Press here to book with eventbrite. This is a remarkable tour of city sights and sites you always…	21 Hidden Gems of Manchester In Search of the Manchester Ship Canal In Search of the Manchester Ship Canal 21/05/2019 1:00 pm – 21/05/2019 3:30 pm Meet: Entrance to the Beetham Tower, 1pm. Booking: Press here to book with eventbrite. It’s the world’s greatest waterway: as deep as Suez, as wide as Panama, and it brought the sea…	22 In Search of the Manchester Ship Canal Manchester’s Most Beautiful Buildings TOUR FOR PRIVATE GROUP Manchester’s Most Beautiful Buildings TOUR FOR PRIVATE GROUP No description has been entered for this event.	23 Manchester’s Most Beautiful Buildings TOUR FOR PRIVATE GROUP Peterloo Massacre PRIVATE TOUR for the Manchester Lit & Phil Society Peterloo Massacre PRIVATE TOUR for the Manchester Lit & Phil Society 23/05/2019 2:00 pm – 23/05/2019 4:00 pm No description has been entered for this event.	24 Peterloo Massacre PRIVATE TOUR for the Manchester Lit & Phil Society Marx & Engels Pub Walk: Drinkers of the World Unite! Marx & Engels Pub Walk: Drinkers of the World Unite! 24/05/2019 6:00 pm – 24/05/2019 8:30 pm “Walkers of the World Unite!” Next tour: Fri 24 May 2019, 6pm. Meet St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square Booking PRESS HERE TO BOOK WITH EVENTBRITE Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky, as the old song asked? Well,…	25 Marx & Engels Pub Walk: Drinkers of the World Unite! Marx & Engels Pub Walk: Drinkers of the World Unite! Manchester Music: The Hacienda Years Manchester Music: The Hacienda Years 25/05/2019 11:00 am – 25/05/2019 12:45 pm * The Hacienda Years: Saturday 25 May 2019. Meet: at the HOME Arts Centre, 2 Tony Wilson Place, 11am. Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. *** Forget Memphis and the Mersey, Manchester is Music… Secrets of the Northern Quarter Secrets of the Northern Quarter 25/05/2019 2:30 pm – 25/05/2019 4:15 pm This tour, Saturday 25 May 2019: * Meet tfgm Travelshop, Piccadilly Gardens, 2.30pm. * Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. What’s uh, the deal? It’s Boho Manchester, cool Manchester, modish Manchester, funky but chic…	26 Secrets of the Northern Quarter Secrets of the Northern Quarter Salford Quays & Media City Salford Quays & Media City 26/05/2019 11:00 am – 26/05/2019 1:00 pm May tour: Sunday 26 May 2019. Meet: Salford Quays Metrolink stop, 11am. Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. Glass, steel and burnished metal tower over Salford Quays and huge docks which once harboured… Secrets of the Northern Quarter Secrets of the Northern Quarter 26/05/2019 2:30 pm – 26/05/2019 4:15 pm This tour, Sunday 26 May 2019 * Meet: Queen Victoria Statue, Piccadilly Gardens, 2.30pm. * Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. Boho Manchester, cool Manchester, modish Manchester, funky but chic Manchester. It’s the Northern Quarter.…
27 Secrets of the Northern Quarter Secrets of the Northern Quarter Secrets of the Northern Quarter Bank Holiday Monday Bank Holiday Monday No description has been entered for this event. What Was Peterloo? Official “Peterloo 200” Tours What Was Peterloo? Official “Peterloo 200” Tours 27/05/2019 11:30 am – 27/05/2019 1:15 pm Meet: Central Library, 2pm. Booking: Press here to book with eventbrite. Your Peterloo guide, Ed Glinert, has worked with Peterloo film director Mike Leigh and the late great campaigning journalist Paul Foot. Glinert… The Pankhursts/Suffragette City The Pankhursts/Suffragette City 27/05/2019 2:30 pm – 27/05/2019 4:15 pm This tour: Bank Holiday Monday, 27 May 2019, 2.30pm. Meet: Emmeline Pankhurst statue, St Peter’s Square. Booking: Press here to book with eventbrite. • Christabel: suffragette icon, arrested at the Free Trade Hall,…	28	29	30 The Pankhursts/Suffragette City The Pankhursts/Suffragette City Manchester’s Political History Manchester’s Political History 30/05/2019 2:00 pm – 30/05/2019 4:00 pm This tour: Thu 30 May 2019. Meet: Emmeline Pankhurst statue, St Peter’s Square, 2pm. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. No political revolution has ever been successful in Manchester. No charismatic… The Secret History of Manchester !!SOLD OUT!! The Secret History of Manchester !!SOLD OUT!! 30/05/2019 5:30 pm – 30/05/2019 7:10 pm • Thu 30 May 2019, 5.30pm. • Booking: !!SOLD OUT!! You think you know Manchester? Well, no one knows it like Ed Glinert who has spent 40 years unturning every last (Gothic)…	31 The Secret History of Manchester !!SOLD OUT!! Mark E Smith pub walk in Prestwich Mark E Smith pub walk in Prestwich 31/05/2019 6:00 pm – 31/05/2019 9:40 pm Next tour: Friday 31 May 2019. Meet: Outside Prestwich Station, 6pm. Booking: Please book here with eventbrite. A genius, a curmudgeon, an iconoclast, an art terrorist…irascible, irreverent, irredeemable…the late Mark E. Smith, leader of…