Up, up and away beyond the confines of Manchester Town Hall into the soaring clock tower to see the movement of the magical metallic machinery, to stand behind the huge clock faces, to walk along the precarious parapet high above the city and to have our senses shattered by standing under the booming bell – Great Abel himself.
Tours go at 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm and occasionally 7pm on odd-numbered dates.
* Please book through www.quaytickets.com
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.
Continue reading
