Walking tours of historic Manchester - working class history 1760 - present

17/10/2021

Walking tours of historic Manchester - working class history 1760 - present updated their address.

Walking tours of historic Manchester - working class history 1760 - present updated their address.

06/09/2021

The Imitation Game review – Cumberbatch cracks the biopic code | Peter Bradshaw

The walking tour will also visit the statue of, and memorial to, one of Manchester’s proudest adopted sons: Alan Turing. Turing was a trailblazing mathematician, is considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, and his work to decode N**i Germany’s communications is said to have shortened WW2 by up to 2 years, no doubt saving countless lives. You can find out more about his life and career by watching the film “The Imitation Game” (2014), staring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing.

Benedict Cumberbatch is utterly convincing as Alan Turing, the mathematician who did more than anyone to defeat Hi**er but who was destroyed by homophobia, writes Peter Bradshaw

06/09/2021

Homepage - People's History Museum

You can find out more about all of the items discussed on the tour by visiting Manchester’s People’s History Museum in Spinningfields.

Visit People's History Museum (PHM) in Manchester UK, the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.

05/09/2021

Walking tours of historic Manchester - working class history 1760 - present updated their website address.

Walking tours of historic Manchester - working class history 1760 - present updated their website address.

05/09/2021

Suffragette review – a valuable, vital film about how human rights are won

The walking tour will also visit the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline and her daughters were the beating heart of the Suffragette movement in Manchester, but also helped drive forward the campaign for votes for women nationally. You can familiarise yourself with this period of history by watching “Suffragette” (2015) staring Meryl Streep as Emmeline.

The London film festival opens with the European premiere of Sarah Gavron’s suspenseful tale of fighters from opposing sides of the class divide starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep

05/09/2021

Peterloo review – force, grit and brilliance

The walking tour will include a visit to the site of the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819. You can find out more about this particular period in history by watching the excellent film “Peterloo” (2018), starring the brilliant Maxine Peake.

A biting sense of topicality pervades this passionate account of the murders of protesters at a mass pro-democracy protest in Manchester in 1819

05/09/2021

Walking tours of historic Manchester - working class history 1760 - present updated their business hours.

Walking tours of historic Manchester - working class history 1760 - present updated their business hours.

05/09/2021

Tour duration:

• 2 hours

Price list:

• Individual tours - £17 per person

• Individual tours (concession price) - £11 per person

• Couples - £20 per couple

• Small groups (3 to 6 people) - £35 per group

• Large groups (7 + people) - £70 per group

• Carers - free

05/09/2021

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