Week of Apr 29th
30/04/2024 - Southern Cemetery FREE expert tour
Southern Cemetery FREE expert tour
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30/04/2024Southern Cemetery (Main Gates)01/05/2024 - The 1st Labour Government 100 Years on. Ed Glinert's talk at the Portico Library
The 1st Labour Government 100 Years on. Ed Glinert's talk at the Portico Library
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01/05/2024Portico Library, 57 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HY04/05/2024 - Manchester Music: The Hacienda Years (expert tour)
Manchester Music: The Hacienda Years (expert tour)
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04/05/2024HOMEAlthough this is a free tour, registration is still required. Click 'buy tickets' below to reserve your free place.
Buy Tickets05/05/2024 - Sylvia Pankhurst Annual Birthday Tour
Sylvia Pankhurst Annual Birthday Tour
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05/05/2024Emmeline Pankhurst statue, St Peter's Square, Manchester M1 4LF
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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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