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Keeping Faith The history of the Royal British Legion.

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A Stockport Story Silk, cotton, hatting, music and a wife-seller. History of the town seven miles from Manchester.

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Manchester Taxi Tours Visit all the main sites on a guided taxi tour, with the city’s only Green Badge Black Cab driver, John Consterdine.

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General or bespoke tours tailored to your requirements. Any size of group. Airport/hotel transfers and meet-and-greet services offered. Guides also available for illustrated talks.

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The essential Manchester walk for locals and visitors alike. An entertaining and knowledgeable guide will show you around the city centre, giving you a taste of the history, architecture and culture and showing you the major sites, including Manchester Town Hall and the Royal Exchange.

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All walks and tours £10 unless otherwise stated Booking is not normally required. If you do need to book contact the Guide directly, or book online if stated. Walks last 1½ - 2 hours. For further information on any walks, talks and tours listed, please contact the Guide directly.

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MARBLE BEERS LTD Marble Arch Rochdale Road Marble Beerhouse Chorlton 57 Thomas Street Northern Quarter

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Principal Hotel Tour: Tiled Heaven

21 Sat 10:30 JS

26 Sat 15:00 JS

Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings

22 Sun 14:00 EF

Manchester Bee Tour

27 Sun 11:30 AB

Street Art

25 Wed 13:30 PO

Football: Manchester's Best

28 Mon 11:00 DS

Discover Manchester on Bank Holiday

27 Fri 13:00 KD

Gaskell in Town & at Plymouth Grove

28 Sat 10:00 SH

Pub Walk: Country Pubs Day Trip

28 Sat 15:00 JS


29 Sun 13:00 ES

Victorian Slums & Squalor

30 Mon 13:30 JB

Radisson Hotel Tour

June 2018

The Really Really Serious Tour

2 Mon 11:00 DS


1 Fri 12:00 JB

The Canal Under the City Streets

6 Fri 13:00 ES

Castlefield: Canals, Rails & Romans

2 Sat 14:00 PL

Kill or Cure

7 Sat 13:00 JS


2 Sat 15:00 JS

Lost Graveyards Give Up Their Dead

7 Sat 15:00 JS


3 Sun 11:30 PL

Discover Hale

9 Mon 12:00 AD

Churches Past & Present

14 Sat 15:00 JS

Incredible Interiors

15 Sun 13:30 ES

Midland Hotel Tour & Light Afternoon Tea

16 Mon 13:30 KD

John Rylands Library

April 2018 Daily Discover Manchester Walk

19 Thu 13:30 PO

Circling the Squares

22 Sun 13:00 EF

Scuttler Gangs of Manchester

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Midland Hotel Tour

24 Tue 13:30 PO

Theatres in Manchester - A History

27 Fri 13:00 KD

Pub Walk: Historic Manchester Pubs

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Scuttler Gangs of Manchester

4 Mon 13:30 JB

Midland Hotel Tour

6 Wed 14:00 PL

People Close to HOME

8 Fri 11:00 ES

A Walk in the Park – Heaton Park

9 Sat 10:30 JS


9 Sat 15:00 JS


10 Sun 10:30 AB

August 2018 June 2018 Daily Discover Manchester Walk

2 Thu 14:00 SH

Raucous Women Afternoon tea

4 Sat 15:00 JS

Incredible Interiors

5 Sun 12:00 SH

Quirky, Weird & Wonderful City

6 Mon 13:30 JB

Midland Hotel Tour

9 Thu 13:00 AB

Pankhursts in Town & at Nelson Street Ancoats: Mighty Mills & Little Italy

Victoria Park: Posh Homes & Tall Tales

11 Sat 14:00 PL

People Close to HOME

10 Sun 13:00 SH

Pankhursts in Town & at Nelson Street

12 Sun 11:30 PL

Discover Cheadle

16 Sat 14:00 EF

Manchester Guided Walkies

12 Sun 13:30 JB

Radisson Hotel Tour


17 Sun 13:00 ES

Edgar Wood Middleton Architect

16 Thu 13:00 ES/JS Peterloo Massacre Anniversary Walk

28 Sat 14:00 EF

Manchester, Cotton & Slavery

17 Sun 13:30 BW


18 Sat 12:00 SH

28 Sat 15:00 JS


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Talk: Manchester's Musical Odyssey

19 Sun 11:00 ES

Peterloo Massacre

29 Sun 13:00 ES

Ancoats: Mighty Mills & Little Italy

22 Fri 11:30 AB

Central Library

19 Sun 13:30 JB


29 Sun 15:30 JS

Platt Fields, Birch Fields & Rusholme

23 Sat 13:00 ES

Cottonopolis

23 Thu 14:00 SH

Raucous Women Afternoon Tea

30 Mon 13:00 JB

Chinatown

23 Sat 15:00 JS


24 Fri 13:00 SH


24 Sun 11:30 PL

Discover Bowdon

26 Sun 11:30 PL

Discover Historic Altrincham

24 Sun 12:00 AB

Gothic Manchester

27 Mon 11:00 PL


29 Fri 13:00 AB


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Factory Records

30 Sat 15:00 JS

Chapel Street: Inside & Out

2 Wed 13:30 PO

Banks to Banquets

3 Thu 13:30 PO

Football: Manchester's Best

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5 Sat 13:00 JS

Engels & Marx in Manchester

5 Sat 18:30 JS

Pub Walk: Champagne Socialists

6 Sun 13:00 ES

Victorian Slums & Squalor

7 Mon 11:00 AD


May 2018 Daily Discover Manchester Walk

July 2018 1 Sun 14:00 PL

Catholic Manchester

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July 2018 Daily Discover Manchester Walk

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Northern Quarter: Right Here, Right Now

5 Thu 13:30 PO

Pub Walk: Historic Manchester Pubs

16 Sun 12:00 SH

11 Fri 10:30 BW

Angel Meadow to Little Italy

7 Sat 10:30 JS


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Pub Walk: Drinking Horns at the Ready

18 Tue 13:00 JB

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Victoria Park: Posh Homes & Tall Tales

19 Wed 18:30 JB

13 Sun 14:30 EF

Southern Cemetery Tour

11 Wed 13:30 PO

Northern Quarter: Right Here, Right Now

21 Fri 13:00 ES

13 Sun 15:00 JS

Impossible Hill & Improbable Bridge

11 Wed 18:30 RH

Talk: Keeping Faith

22 Sat 13:00 EF

14 Mon 13:30 JB


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Pankhursts in Town & Nelson Street

22 Sat 15:00 JS

15 Tue 12:00 AD

Churches Past & Present

14 Sat 15:00 JS


24 Mon 12:00 JB

18 Fri 10:30 BW

About The Quays

14 Sat 17:00 JS

Truly Madly Brutal: Loving Concrete

28 Fri 14:00 SH

20 Sun 13:30 BW

Midland Hotel Tour

15 Sun 11:30 PL

Discover Withington

29 Sat 15:00 JS

21 Mon 18:30 EF

Factory Records

15 Sun 13:30 ES

Midland Hotel Tour

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25 Fri 13:00 AB


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Pub Walk: Pissotiere to Piccadilly

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September 2018 Daily Discover Midland Hotel Tour & Light Afternoon Tea Manchester Banks to Banquets Walk Stockport Story The Day the World Got Smaller 11am Quirky, Weird & Wonderful City Midland Hotel Tour Chinatown Talk: A Stockport Story Victorian Slums & Squalor Manchester, Cotton & Fashion The Siege Starts Today The Canal Under the City Streets Gaskell in Town & at Plymouth Grove Shock, Surprise, Prose & Verse Southern Cemetery Tour Radisson Hotel Tour Principal Hotel Tour: Tiled Heaven

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Factory Records EF It was all about the music, not the money. The story of the Haçienda, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Martin Zero et al. Book via www.showmemcr.eventbrite.com Meet: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

Platt Fields, Birch Fields & Rusholme JS

About The Quays BW

Football: Manchester's Best PO Red or Blue? There are tales for all on this tour of the city's football-related sites, including tales of our former heroes and where the Football League and PFA began. Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD

Principal Hotel Tour: Tiled Heaven JS

Ancoats: Mighty Mills & Little Italy ES

Gaskell in Town & at Plymouth Grove AB KD SH

Pub Walk: Drinking Horns at the Ready SH

This inland port has iconic architecture, MediaCityUK, The Lowry and Imperial War Museum North. Just the place for a seasonal stroll. Booking required with the guide. Meet: Information Desk inside Lowry Outlet, Salford Quays M50 3AH Unearth the unique history of the world's first industrial suburb. Dark satanic mills, poverty, ice cream, regeneration. Booking required www.mcrtourguide.eventbrite.com Meet: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

Angel Meadow to Little Italy BW

Explore the lives of those who delivered the Industrial Revolution. Booking required with the guide. Meet: Chetham's School of Music entrance, Long Millgate M3 1SB

Banks to Banquets PO

Just think how dull the city would look without the grand ornate buildings bequeathed to us by financial services. Where else would we put our restaurants and bars? Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD

See city centre Elizabeth Gaskell locations, then tour her beautiful Plymouth Grove home. Finish with tea & cake. Booking required www.tourgaskell.eventbrite.com £20 Meet: War Memorial, St Peter's Square M2 4EG

Gothic Manchester AB

Manchester's Gothic architecture, lost graveyards and turbulent history are a chilly but romantic setting for mysterious happenings. The dark side of the modern city is here. Meet: Manchester Cathedral main entrance, Victoria Street M3 1SX

Impossible Hill & Improbable Bridge JS The Irk Valley tour and an evocative cemetery, mad sculpture, sandstone quarries, that hill, that bridge and superb stories. Meet: Manchester General Cemetery, Rochdale Road, Harpurhey M9 5SS Incredible Interiors JS

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A Walk in the Park – Heaton Park ES

A former private estate, now a public park containing magnificent Heaton Hall, once the stately home of the Egertons. Ice, tunnels, concerts, wars, bees and eye-catchers. Meet: Outside Heaton Park Metrolink tram stop, Whittaker Lane, Prestwich M25 1HA

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Extraordinary buildings, crazy stories, interesting characters, art, food and a very ancient ditch. Meet: Outside Gallery of Costume entrance, Platt Lane M14 5LL

The former Refuge Assurance building, one of the best terracotta buildings in the UK. Public and private areas plus superb human stories. Booking required with the guide. Meet: Principal Hotel reception, Oxford Road M60 7HA Uncover the weird and whacky drinking past and rituals of Manchester's historical secret drinking clubs. Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter's Square M2 5PD

Pub Walk: Champagne Socialists JS

A pub romp through politics and Manchester on Karl Marx's birthday. Lots of Engels and Marx in the city but much more too. Ends with the Champagne Socialist quiz. Meet: The Angel Pub, 6 Angel Street M4 4BQ

Pub Walk: Country Pubs Day Trip SH

A day trip around pubs in the Irwell Valley using public transport (tram/bus ticket additional cost). Lunch is included. Booking required with the guide. £20 Meet: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

A tour that goes inside spectacular Manchester interiors, with some surprises. Booking advisable www.jonathanschofieldtours.com Meet: Outside Oxford Road Station, Station Approach M1 5NF Meet August: Manchester Cathedral main entrance, Victoria Street M3 1SX

Pub Walk: Historic Manchester Pubs PO Iconic pubs in the city centre. Let's stroll around and discover a few, and we'll maybe try a half as well. Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD

Catholic Manchester PL For over 1200 years Catholics have made an impact on Manchester. A Hidden Gem, the Bishop's alligator, saints in the making - hear these stories and so much more. Meet: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

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Pub Walk: Pissotière to Piccadilly SH

Enjoy fine architecture, rare books and manuscripts gifted to the city by an enigmatic woman from Cuba. Booking required with the guide. Meet: Glass Art Totem inside John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate M3 3EH

From a unique hostelry and site of one of the oldest toilets (pissotière) in the city to an upcoming area of micro brew bars. Meet: Lass O'Gowrie pub, 36 Charles Street M1 7DB

Central Library AB This beautiful circular library, the 'Corporation wedding cake', is an architectural, social and educational gem. On offer are films, family history, t'internet... and books too. Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter's Square M2 5PD

Kill or Cure PL

Quirky, Weird & Wonderful City SH

Chapel Street: Inside & Out JS Chapel Street is one of the region's most fascinating streets and this tour gets under its skin, with visits into buildings not open to the public. Be surprised. Meet: Outside Sacred Trinity Church, Chapel Street M3 5DW

Lost Graveyards Give Up Their Dead JS

Radisson Hotel Tour ES JB

Castlefield: Canals, Rails & Romans ES

Industrial heritage, transport world firsts and the city's Roman fort - canals, railways, bridges, warehouses, wharves, markets and Mamucium. Meet: Outside White Lion Pub, 43 Liverpool Road, Castlefield M3 4NQ

Medic with a mummy, maternity home in a pub, the doctor who penned a thesaurus... these and more in this history of healthcare in Georgian and Victorian Manchester. Meet: Outside National Football Museum entrance, Cathedral Gardens M4 3BG The city centre is filled with cemeteries hidden under gardens and buildings, often with the dead still resting there. This is their tale. Meet: Outside Museum of Science & Industry entrance, Lower Byrom Street M3 4FP

Chinatown JB A town within a city. Hear the history and experience the culture of the community that centres around the great Chinese Imperial Arch. Meet: Queen Victoria statue, Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

The former Free Trade Hall site, from radical protest to music. Tour the elegant hotel and end with light afternoon tea. Booking essential www.mgt.eventbrite.com £23 Meet: Manchester Central front entrance steps, Windmill Street M2 3GX

Raucous Women Afternoon Tea SH

Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings JS

A walk around the most beautiful medieval buildings in NW England. Atmosphere, charm, magic. Booking essential www.jonathanschofieldtours.com Meet: Chetham's School of Music entrance, Long Millgate M3 1SB

Things you only notice when you know where to look! A city of hidden secrets. Come along and uncover them. Meet: Outside John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate M3 3EH

Discover Manchester Walk EVERY DAY AT 11am £10 Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square, M2 5PD

Afternoon tea with a twist. Edwardian character Mrs Parr entertains with stories of Manchester women during your afternoon tea. Booking with the Guide essential £25 Meet: Browns Restaurant, 1 York Street M2 2AW

Scuttler Gangs of Manchester EF

Hear the shocking story of the violent and volatile Victorian gangs called 'Scuttlers'. Booking via www.showmemcr.eventbrite.com Meet: Pot Kettle Black café, 14 Barton Arcade, Deansgate M3 2BW

Churches Past & Present AD Explore the religious history of two cities, Manchester and Salford, through their amazing and varied sacred buildings. Meet: Manchester Cathedral South Porch, Victoria Street M3 1SX

Shock, Surprise, Prose & Verse JS Mrs Gaskell's 208th birthday. We'll cover Gaskell, Disraeli, Dickens, Brighouse, Mosco, Burgess, Jacobson, McDermid, Constantine, Cooper Clarke and more. Meet: Outside St Ann's Church, St Ann Street M2 7LF

Circling the Squares PO Stories from the squares, where Manchester celebrates, protests, buys and sells, eats, drinks, riots and prays. Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter's Square M2 5PD

Southern Cemetery Tour EF

Visit the graves of those famous for music, football, cotton, flight, art. Booking essential www.showmemcr.eventbrite.com Meet: The Lodge, 212 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21 7GL

Cottonopolis ES Explore Manchester's grand district of textile warehouses, the cotton exchange and beyond. Hear the epic story of the rise and fall of 'King Cotton'. Meet: Queen Victoria statue, Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

Manchester Bee Tour EF Manchester's symbol represents hard work, energy, community and solidarity. Explore this through architecture and art, Visit rooftop hives. Meet: Manchester Town Hall steps, Albert Square M2 5DB

Stockport Story JB

Discover Bowdon PL Discover a historic Cheshire village of great beauty, where Napoleon’s defeat in 1813 was celebrated in great style and where croquet gave way to tennis. Meet: Outside St Mary's Church, Stamford Road, Bowdon WA14 2TR

Manchester Guided Walkies EF

Street Art AB You don't need a gallery to get art-y here. Graffiti has grown into a beautiful new art form and is out on the streets. See amazing work by local and international artists. Meet: Outside Fred Aldous shop, 37 Lever Street M1 1LW

Discover Cheadle PL Agatha Christie and Scotch Bob, Prince Albert and Abney Hall - just a few of the people and places you'll hear about on our stroll through this pleasant village. Meet: War Memorial, Cheadle Green, Stockport Road, Cheadle SK8 2BD

Manchester, Cotton & Fashion EF

From Cottonopolis to top online fashion retail hub, a fascinating walk through Manchester's influential fashion story. Meet: Manchester Art Gallery entrance steps, Mosley Street M2 3JL

The Canal Under the City Streets JB Offering unusual views of the city, this walk provides a snapshot of the Rochdale Canal in the early 1850s. Meet: Liverpool Road, steps leading down to the Canal Basin M3 4NQ

Discover Hale PL On this walk through Hale village, discover its history and transformation from quiet, leafy Cheshire hamlet to one of Manchester’s most affluent suburbs. Meet: Outside Hale Railway Station, Ashley Road, Hale WA14 2UZ

Manchester, Cotton & Slavery EF

The Day the World Got Smaller JS

Discover Historic Altrincham PL Gardeners, bankers, an emperor, an artist. Bravest little street in England and Old Market Place. Discover them all on our stroll through this charming market town Meet: Clock Tower, Altrincham Interchange, Stamford New Road WA14 1EJ

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The Really Really Serious Tour JS

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The Siege Starts Today JS The stirring account of how the town held out for Parliament during the Civil War, plus stories of those involved in this ideological battle between Royalists and Roundheads. Meet: Manchester Cathedral main entrance, Victoria Street M3 1SX

Discover Manchester on Bank Holiday DS AD PO PL

Northern Quarter: Right Here, Right Now PO

The Northern Quarter – unloved and desolate in the 1970s, vibrant and 'happening' today. Explore this fascinating, cosmopolitan and still-developing area of the city. Meet: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

Theatres in Manchester - A History PO The Palace, the Hippodrome, the Circus, the Theatre Royal, etc. The stars who trod the boards and the hit shows (plus the ones that didn't quite make it). Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD

Discover Withington PL Walk through Withington village, once home to physicist Ernest Rutherford. Hear how a farming hamlet became this busy suburb with the world-leading Christie Hospital Meet: Outside Withington Library, 410 Wilmslow Road, Withington M20 3BN

Pankhursts in Town & at Nelson Street AB SH

Truly Madly Brutal: Loving Concrete JS

Edgar Wood Middleton Architect ES

People Close to HOME PL

Victoria Park: Posh Homes & Tall Tales AB KD

Engels & Marx in Manchester JS

Peterloo Massacre Anniversary Walks ES JS

Victorian Slums & Squalor ES

A taste of the city's history, architecture and culture, as well as the major sites, including the Town Hall, Royal Exchange and Cathedral. Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter's Square M2 5PD This is your chance to look around our amazing city when you have time and it's not too busy. Bring friends and family. Industry, culture, sport, regeneration Manchester. Meet: Outside Central Library, St Peter's Square M2 5PD

Visit the Middleton buildings of the internationally-famed architect Edgar Wood. Includes the Long Street Methodist interior, an amazing Arts & Crafts church. Meet: Post Office (opposite bus station), 53 Manchester New Road, Middleton M24 1SQ Engels lived for 22 years in Manchester. This tour follows his life here. We touch the books he studied with Marx and finish in a venerable pub. Meet: Outside John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate M3 3EH

Bring your dog to explore city centre green spaces, ending in a doggie friendly establishment for refreshments. Booking essential www.showmemcr.eventbrite.com Meet: Outside Museum of Science & Industry entrance, Lower Byrom Street M3 4FP

How were cotton and slavery intertwined? The paradox of the abolitionist town built on cotton wealth. Meet: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

Explore this iconic grand hotel, where Rolls met Royce, celebrities partied and the watchword has always been elegance. Booking essential www.mgt.eventbrite.com Meet: Midland Hotel foyer, 16 Peter Street M60 2DS The Original Midland Hotel Tour now in its 30th year. The history of this iconic grand hotel, then light afternoon tea. Booking essential www.mgt.eventbrite.com £24 Meet: Midland Hotel foyer, 16 Peter Street M60 2DS

Visit places the Pankhurst family knew in town and then their Nelson Street home, for tea and biscuits. Booking required www.tourpankhurst.eventbrite.co.uk £16 Meet: Outside John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate M3 3EH Meet Anthony Burgess, Tony Wilson, Sir Joseph Whitworth and a host of other famous names linked to the area around Manchester's newest arts centre, HOME. Meet: Outside HOME main entrance, 2 Tony Wilson Place M15 4FN

16th August 1819. The blackest day in Manchester's history when at least 15 people died and over 600 were injured. Booking essential www.mcrtourguide.eventbrite.com Meet: Manchester Art Gallery entrance steps, Mosley Street M2 3JL

From Strawberry Studios to Robbies' beer and everything inbetween, tales of cotton, hats and carrier pigeons. Meet: Outside Staircase House, Market Place, Stockport SK1 1ES

Speed, life, death, radicalism and the dawn of the Railway Age. How in September 1830 the world got smaller, as the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened. Meet: Outside Museum of Science & Industry entrance, Lower Byrom Street M3 4FP April Fool’s Day tour that will fail to refer to the most farcical, ridiculous, stupid, side-splittingly funny city stories. Prizes for guessing the lies. Meet: Outside Manchester Craft & Design Centre, Oak St, M4 5JD

Post-World War II new architecture and ideas arrived. This tour looks at the extraordinary plans drawn up for Manchester and the fascinating legacy that remains. Meet: Outside Mercure Hotel, Portland Street M1 4PH

This gated estate of fine buildings once housed Manchester's Who's Who. Includes free entry to Victoria Baths Open Day. Booking essential www.mgt.eventbrite.com Meet: Outside Victoria Baths females entrance, Hathersage Road M13 0FE Angel Meadow and the Irk Valley were infamous as cholera, crime, vermin and death were an everyday occurrence. Booking essential www.mcrtourguide.eventbrite.com Meet: Victoria Railway Station, by the historic wall map M3 1WY

Please contact the appropriate guide for further information or to book

TOUR GUIDES AB Anne Beswick T: 07505 691105 E: [email protected] @annebesw AD Andrew Derbyshire T: 07775 668639 E: [email protected] www.tour-manchester.co.uk @Derbs56 BW Barbara Warnock T: 0161 973 0120 E: [email protected] CP Christine Power T: 07875 160223 E: [email protected]

DB David Brotherton T: 07944 333353 E: [email protected]

HF Helen Freeborough T: 07946 620808 E: [email protected]

DS Denise Sackett T: 07724 123529 E: [email protected]

JA John Alker T: 07759 173786 E: [email protected]

EA Eileen Allen T: 07760 281081 E: [email protected]

JB Jean Bailo Qualified to guide in Spanish T: 07812 129754 E: [email protected] www.discovermanchestertours.com @jeantourguide

EF Emma Fox T: 07500 774200 E: [email protected] www.showmemcr.eventbrite.com @showmemcr ES Elizabeth Sibbering (Sibby) T: 07887 676076 E: [email protected] www.mcrtourguide.com @MCRTourGuide

JC John Consterdine T: 07946 239221 E: [email protected] @MCRTaxiTours JED Joan Davies T: 07803 124476 E: [email protected]

JR John Ryan T: 07590 848100 E: [email protected] www.manchesterfoodwalks.co.uk @mancfoodwalks

PC Philippa Cave T: 07932 041217 E: [email protected] www.revealmanchester.co.uk @revealmcr

SH Suzanne Hindle T: 07853 181299 E: [email protected] www.manchestertourguide.wordpress.com @AManchesterTour

JS Jonathan Schofield T: 07876 235638 E: event@jonathanschofieldtours.com www.jonathanschofieldtours.com @jonathschofield

PL Pauline Lloyd Qualified to guide in French T: 07723 503702 E: [email protected]

SM Sue McCarthy Qualified to guide in French T: 07941 263704 E: [email protected] www.tourmanchester.co.uk @tourmanchester

KD Kate Dibble Qualified to guide in French T: 07905 110197 E: [email protected] @manchesterwalk MC Mark Coleman T: 07590 519671 E: [email protected]

PO Peter O’Grady T: 07818 453969 E: [email protected] www.mancuniantours.com @mancuniantours1 RH Ray Hoerty T: 07974 010574 E: [email protected] www.manchestertourguides.com

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