Week of May 1st
01/05/2023 - History of Manchester in 20 Objects (Strange Signs, Symbols & Statues) and 1 other event
History of Manchester in 20 Objects (Strange Signs, Symbols & Statues)
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01/05/2023
An off-beat, sideways, soidisant look at Manchester history through 20 objects, some familiar, some little-seen and barely-noticed (statues, plaques, cartouches, shields etc) in the city centre...
Victoria Station wallmap inside Victoria Station, ManchesterReds, Radicals and Revolutionaries FREE expert tour on May Day
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01/05/2023What ever happened to Leon Trotsky? Well he never came to Manchester, but Marx and Engels did, and “Orator” Hunt, Robert Owen, the Pankhursts too.
So, fellow carbonari, compadres, communards and comrades, come and follow in their footsteps to take in riotous tales of left wing bravado on May Day.
Emmeline Pankhurst statue, St Peter's Square, Manchester M1 4LF02/05/2023 - Diamonds Are Forever! FREE Zoom pre-Coronation talk with Trafford Libraries
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Manchester News
- 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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