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HISTORIC CANAL CRUISE – Saturday 8 April 2017
• Our popular canal cruise leaves at 11am and includes illuminating one way commentary by the queen of canal guides Salford-born Sue Grimditch, plus the usual great service from the crew of the L S Lowry barge, as we make our way along the Bridgewater canal, through Pomona Lock and onto the Manchester Ship Canal, the Quays and Media City.
• Please book through eventbrite or www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500. Cost: £18.
• Meet at the water’s edge outside the Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road, M3 4JR. Continue reading
Central Library
Treasures of the Manchester Libraries Meet: At the entrance of John Rylands Library, Deansgate. Date: Thursday 19 March 2020, 2.30pm. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. An unmissable opportunity to gaze in awe at literary rarities and first … Continue reading
Southern Cemetery
Next tour: Friday 29 May 2026, 11 a.m. Meet: Cemetery Gates (opposite James Hilton Memorials of 245 Barlow Moor Road).(Barlow Moor Road Metrolink stop, 10 minutes walk away). Please don’t go to: The Crematorium, Nell Lane… Booking: Please press here … Continue reading
Left-Wing Manchester – From German Fred to Red Ed
Next tours: This tour has now been subsumed into the Marx & Engels, Pankhursts and Peterloo tours. Bring: A copy of Clause IV. More apt than Mao’s Little Red Book. How apt that the People’s History museum is located in … Continue reading
Manchester in 10 Songs
As Ian Curtis sang: “I’ve been waiting for a guide…” Next tour: Saturday 11 April 2026. Meet: outside the Cross Street Chapel, Cross Street M2 1NL, 11.30 a.m. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Private tour: Please contact … Continue reading
Manchester in 10 Architects
Next Tour: No dates yet, but the Glories of Manchester Architecture is on Friday the 19th of May 2023 at noon from outside the Midland Hotel. Booking: With eventbrite. Waterhouse, Worthington. Walters, Wood, Wilson, Womersley…and those are just the Ws. We will walk around the … Continue reading
10 Manchester Inventions That Shook the World
Next tour, Thursday 25 September 2025, 2pm. Meet: Outside the Science & Industry Museum on Lower Byrom Street, Campfield. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Manchester invented the modern world, for this was the first city of the industrial … Continue reading
Manchester in XI Footballers
We’ve only just added this to our repertoire! We’ll have a route, a date and a description up and running, quicker than a Garry Birtles debut goal.
On The Waterfront: Peerless Pierhead
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Booking: For private booking, please contact Ed Glinert, edglinert@yahoo.co.uk, 07769 29 8068. It’s the greatest urban panorama in the country, a mesmerising vista of baroque towers, skyscraping elevations, exquisite stone palaces and breathtaking brick … Continue reading
Glorious Georgian Liverpool
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Booking: For private booking, please contact Ed Glinert, edglinert@yahoo.co.uk, 07769 29 8068. Lovingly created in brick, stone, and the finest oak and mahogany furnishings, Liverpool’s Georgian quarter is the last word in elegant city … Continue reading
