So your team has been drawn against Manchester United or Manchester City in the European Champions League. Maybe you’re playing Everton in the Europa League. You want to plan a visit to Manchester or Liverpool. Maybe both. A coach tour to the big local football grounds for photos and shopping is a perfect way to spend the time before the match. We also run walks in central Manchester on the history of football, taking in stories about Best, Law and Charlton; Bell, Lee and Summerbee, and of course Matt Busby.
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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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