When the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow wanted to know about the history of Manchester Town Hall for their recently shown extravaganza, they approached New Manchester Walks’ Ed Glinert (author of “The Manchester Compendium”).
When The One-Show wanted to know more about the Town Hall Murals they contacted Glinert.
So when looking for a tour of this municipal palace do like them and choose New Manchester Walks!
Let the expert take you round.
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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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