Soak up a slice of sensational Manchester history this weekend with Ed Glinert, Manchester’s leading historian and most entertaining tour guide.
* Sat 25 Oct, 3pm, Alan Turing’s Manchester.
Meet outside the Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock.
* Sun 26 Oct, 12 noon, Southern Cemetery – Lowry, Wilson, Rylands, Busby…
Meet by the main gates on Barlow Moor Road.
Did you see Oppenheimer, the blockbuster, Oscar-winning film about the atom bomb, 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