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TALKS
Belle Vue: Showground of the World
10.30am – 12.30pm, Fri 3 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential
Belle Vue collectors and researchers Frank Rhodes and Brian Selby will be hosting this talk and question and answer session to relive the memories and excitement of Manchester’s fantastic showground: Belle Vue Zoological Gardens.
Book at MHF website or 0161 306 1982
Gentry Families of Manchester: The North
3.45pm – 4.45pm, Fri 3 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential
Discover the families and the homes of northern Greater Manchester gentry and minor nobility who formed the social elite before the era of industrial development, including Heaton Hall, Hopwood and Tonge Hall in Middleton, and Foxdenton Hall in Chadderton. This talk precedes a bus tour on Saturday 11 June to visit the featured homes.
Book at MHF website or 0161 306 1982 Book launch of Dare to Be Free: women in trade unions
2pm – 5pm, Sat 4 June
Three Minute Theatre FREE
The Mary Quaile Club launches its second publication of Dare to Be Free: women in trade unions, past and present. Followed by a play about the life and trade union work of Mary Quaile, an Irish immigrant to Manchester.
Meet the Researcher: Dr Alison Slater on wartime dress in Lancashire
2pm, Sun 5 June
Imperial War Museum North FREE
Contributor to Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style exhibition, Dr Alison Slater, reveals stories of working class women in WWII, including a worker at the Lancashire Handbag Factory, Oldham, and how clothing was a central part of her life at that time.
2pm, Tues 7 June
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House £4 (£3)
Frank Galvin and Elizabeth Williams explore the impact of the environment of Manchester and its people on Elizabeth Gaskell’s life at 84 Plymouth Grove and her novels which tell so much about living in the city in the mid-19th century.
Book at www.elizabethgaskellhouse. co.uk Idle Chatter?
5.30pm – 7.30pm, Tues, Wed & Thurs 7 – 9 June
Brooks Building, Manchester Metropolitan University FREE but booking essential
A series of 3 ‘twilight’ conversations between different generations of feminist activists about Women’s Liberation in Manchester: Abasindi in Moss Side, Girls’ Work in Wigan and showcasing archive material from the Feminist Webs Archive.
Book at http://bit.ly/1VF6bGT The Archaeology of Manchester’s Origins
1pm – 4pm, Wed 8 June
LG20 Peel Building FREE but booking essential
A series of short talks by staff from the University of Salford’s Centre for Applied Archaeology on recent archaeological work around Manchester. How is this changing ideas about the origins of the city?
Book at m.d.nevell@salford.ac.uk or 0161 295 6286 Elizabethan Theatre Facts and Fantasy
6pm – 8pm, Wed 8 June
Three Minute Theatre FREE but booking essential
Manchester Shakespeare Company launches in Manchester and its writer and associate Dr Sarah Lowe will present ‘facts and fantasy’ of Elizabethan theatre and its links with Manchester.
Book at http://bit.ly/1Rxmv6A
Manchester’s Undergound Canal: its past and future
7pm – 9pm, Wed 8 June
Friends Meeting House £5
A presentation about Manchester’s underground canal’s past and potential future, including comments on a feasibility report that has recently been conducted.
Book at 01625 616467
Manchester Central Library and Civic Pride
2pm – 3pm, Thurs 9 June
Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential
Manchester Central Library opened amid great pomp and ceremony by George V on 17 July 1934, costing almost £600,000. Charlotte Wildman, The University of Manchester, examines why the Manchester Corporation invested in such an important civic monument.
Book at the MHF website or 0161 306 1982 Manchester Soldier, Manchester Historian
3pm – 5pm, Thurs 9 June People’s History Museum FREE but booking essential
Mark Hovell died in the trenches in 1916 aged 28, leaving behind a manuscript that transformed our understanding of key moments in Britain’s political histories. This talk explores the life, work and legacy of this forgotten Manchester scholar.
Book at http://markhovell.eventbrite. co.uk or 0161 838 9190
Radical Hero: an audience with Betty Tebbs
6pm – 8pm, Thurs 9 June People’s History Museum FREE but booking essential
Living legend Betty Tebbs is the embodiment of a radical hero who has worked tirelessly for women’s rights, workers’ rights and the campaign for peace. Join Betty and guest presenter to explore her extraordinary life.
Book at http://bettytebbs. eventbrite.co.uk or 0161 838 9190 Famous scientists, engineers and medics of Didsbury and south Manchester
7pm – 8.30pm, Thurs 9 June
St James’ Church £3 on the door
In keeping with the European City of Science 2016, the contributions of some of the great scientists from Didsbury and south Manchester will be discussed by Dr Diana Leitch, including Adamson, Bragg, Hartree and Rutherford.
Views of an Antique Land: Manchester, imaging Egypt and Palestine in WWI
11am – 12pm, Sat 11 June
Manchester Museum FREE but booking essential
Manchester has a close connection to Egypt thanks to the lively trade in cotton and antiquities in the 19th century. Join Paul Nicholson for this talk exploring local links and collected memories.
Book at www.mcrmuseum. eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648
Appley Meteorite
1pm – 3pm, Sat 11 June
Manchester Museum FREE but booking essential
Popular author Russell Parry provides a fascinating insight into the fall and discovery of the Appley Meteorite that landed near Wigan in 1914, as told through newspaper reports and archives of the time. There will also be a Q&A session.
Book at www.mcrmuseum. eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648 Narbi Price – Codeword
1pm – 2pm, Sat 11 June
PAPER FREE
A talk by Narbi Price whose exhibition reflecting on the legacy of the IRA Manchester bombing, during its 20th anniversary year, is being shown in PAPER gallery during the festival. Explore with Narbi what happened and what it could have been.
Manchester and the Peppered Moth
3pm – 4pm, Sat 11 June
Manchester Museum FREE but booking essential
Genetics expert Laurence Cook and Head of Collections Henry McGhie will talk about the evolution of the Peppered Moth and its strong links to Manchester’s history and development. Part of the Museum’s Climate Control Season.
Book at www.mcrmuseum.eventbrite. com or 0161 275 2648 Families, Money and Death: inheritance disputes amongst trading families in industrial revolution Manchester
3pm – 4pm, Sun 12 June
Chetham’s Library FREE but booking essential
The death of the head of a household could cause and exacerbate deep fault lines within families. Come and hear Professor Hannah Barker’s stories of skulduggery, fraud and sheer incompetence in the inheritance process. You may never look at your family the same way again.
Book at the MHF website or 0161 306 1982
WALKS & TOURS
Take a journey into Greater Manchester’s historical past with a fascinating collection of indoor and outdoor walks and tours.
Self-guided
Sense our Streets Audio Tour
FREE download from www.senseourstreets.com or pick up an MP3 player from Koffee Pot
This free 45 minute audio tour takes you around the Northern Quarter of Manchester weaving together past and present stories from homeless people in the UK and Uganda.
Starting Point: Koffee Pot Café, 84 – 84 Oldham Street M4 1LE
2.15pm
Waterhouse’s Difficult Spire Up Close
£10 Booking at www.jonathanschofieldtours.com or 07876 235638
Get up close and inside Manchester Town Hall Clock Tower, exploring the difficulties that architect, Alfred Waterhouse, had in reaching the design seen today.
Starting Point: Manchester Town Hall, Lloyd Street entrance M2 5DB
Jonathan Schofield Tours
11am – 12.30pm FRIDAY 3 JUNE
Discover Manchester
1.15pm – 2.00pm
£8 Booking at www.mgt.eventbrite.co.uk
The tour to gain a taste of Manchester including its history, architecture, culture and major sites: the Town Hall, Cathedral and Royal Exchange.
Starting Point: Manchester Central Library steps, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD
Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours
Radical Manchester: People’s History Museum Gallery Tour
FREE but donations welcome
Discover how Manchester’s radical past sent shock-waves through history on this tour of PHM’s main galleries.
SATURDAY 4 JUNE
11am
Castlefield: from haulage to heritage
£5 Booking essential at http://bit.ly/1pw1SRQ
Step back in time on a tour of working life and leisure over the past 200 years around Castlefield and the Museum of Science & Industry, and experience the world’s oldest surviving passenger station building as a 1st-class passenger did in 1830.
Starting Point: Museum of Science & Industry, Liverpool Road M3 4FP
Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, The University of Manchester
2pm – 3.45pm
Manchester Music: 40 Years Since the Gig that Changed Everything
£8 pay on the day
4 June 1976: the Sex Pistols played to 40 people at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall. A tour that explains how this one gig changed Manchester music and visit some of the city’s important music locations.
Starting Point: Midland Hotel entrance, Peter Street M60 2DS
Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks 2pm – 3.30pm
John Dalton
FREE but booking essential through the MHF website
2.30pm
Angel Meadow Tour
£8 Booking at www.mgt.eventbrite.co.uk
This walk around the city centre explores the life and work of John Dalton, and marks the 250th anniversary of his birth. He created modern atomic theory and inspired the scientific culture of 19th century Manchester.
Starting Point: Confirmed on booking
Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, The University of Manchester 2pm – 3.15pm
A guided tour of Victorian Britain’s most savage slum, based on the new book by Dean Kirby. Explore how what is now a desirable neighbourhood was once full of filth, squalor, brutality and violence. Part of the Friends of Angel Meadow Community Day.
Starting Point: Victoria Station nr Java Bar Espresso, Todd Street M3 1WY
Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours
Manchester’s LGBT Centre: we were born in the 80s
FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/1UzKokK
Discover the story of how Manchester became the first place to build an entirely publicly funded, purpose designed centre for the LGBT community, just as the Thatcher government was enacting Section 28.
Starting Point: Front steps, Manchester Town Hall M2 5DB
Emily Crompton
3.30pm – 5pm
Truly Madly Brutal
£8 Booking at www.jonathanschofieldtours.com or 07876 235638
From the 1945 Master Plan to a concrete cul-de-sac, how was Manchester reimagined after WWII, the optimism and the reality? The tour includes site visits inside and outside buildings.
Starting Point: Albert Memorial, Albert Square M2 5DB
Jonathan Schofield Tours
5pm
Discovering Little Italy
FREE THIS TOUR IS IN ITALIAN
Explore the histories of Italian immigration in Manchester as you travel back in time with Elena Cavallero from the University of Manchester. Explore Little Italy, find out about the shops and craftsmen’s workshops, and the struggles faced.
Starting Point: Piccadilly Gardens crossing with Oldham Street M1 1AF
Elena Cavallero, University of Manchester 11.30am
Dr Alison Slater on Fashion on the Ration, North West Experiences
FREE to IWMN Fashion on the Ration ticket holders
Contributor to the Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style exhibition, Dr Alison Slater offers a new perspective on wartime dress touring selected pieces of the exhibition to challenge existing ideas about rationing and ‘Make Do and Mend.’
Imperial War Museum North
Dr Alison Slater, Manchester School of Art
SUNDAY 5 JUNE
10.30am – 1pm
Manchester Peace Trail
Discover the sites connected to the growth of Manchester as the world’s 1st industrial city and its importance as a centre for peace and radical political activity, including Peterloo, the suffragettes and Alan Turing.
Starting Point: Under the tiled map at Victoria Station M3 1WY
Steve Roman 12pm – 2pm
Manchester: City of Innovation
£8 Book at www.showmemanchester. eventbrite.co.uk
Explore Manchester’s radical and pioneering spirit through its firsts in the fields of science, industry, engineering, politics, art, sport and more.
Starting Point: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG
Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours 2pm – 3.30pm
Alexandra Park: Queen of Parks
£8 Book on 07505 691105
Alexandra Park, located between Moss Side and Whalley Range, was once the Queen of Manchester’s many fine parks and served the elite of those fashionable 19th century suburbs. Find out about its histories and recent reinvigoration.
Starting Point: Chorlton Lodge, Alexandra Park M16 7JL
Anne Beswick, Manchester Guided Tours
2pm – 3.45pm
The Peterloo Massacre
£8 pay on the day
16 August 1819, 60,000 people gathered at St Peter’s Field, Manchester (now covered by Peter St) to demand political reform and an end to the unjust Corn Laws. Find out what happened on the day.
Starting Point: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square M2 7LF
Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks
2pm – 4pm
A walk about the histories of walking in Manchester
FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/1Mko7Vp
Follow in the footsteps that made Manchester. Explore how walking has shaped the city and look at wandering as a social, cultural, political and artistic act.
Starting Point: Confirmed on booking
Morag Rose, Loiterers Resistance Movement 2pm – 4pm
Stories of Women and Science
Booking details at MHF website
Learn about the contributions that women have made to science in Manchester and around the world, and hear the stories of well-known (and less well-known) science heroes.
Starting Point: Confirmed on Booking
Manchester Girl Geeks & Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, The University of Manchester
MONDAY 6 JUNE
2pm – 3.45pm
Manchester Architecture
£8 pay on the day
Gothic spires, classical temples, baroque banks and modernist towers: Manchester architecture covers all tastes and styles. Find out how the city was built on this tour and discover the original inspirations for many of its buildings.
Starting Point: Outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD
Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks
TUESDAY 7 JUNE
1.30pm – 4pm
Ardwick Green Histories Tour
FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/22txr0v
Expect tales of industrial might, philanthropy, invention, Hollywood glamour, fizzy pop, military heroes, elegant architecture and more in this tour exploring the fascinating area of Ardwick Green, the world’s 1st suburb.
Starting Point: St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green M12 6FZ
Morag Rose, Greater Manchester Centre of Voluntary Organisation
2pm – 3.45pm
Engels & Marx: the FrockCoated Communists
£8 pay on the day
Two 19th century Germans, one a deep thinker and the other a rambunctious talker and drinker, changed the political world with their revolutionary views. Their time in Manchester also helped shape their outlook on the world.
Starting Point: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square M2 7LF
Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks
WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE
11am & hourly until 2pm Heritage Bus Rides
FREE
Take a 30 minute trip on a heritage bus from the Museum of Transport around north Manchester and experience transport from another age.
Starting Point: Museum of Transport, Boyle Street M8 8UW
1.30pm – 2pm
Craft Unravelled
FREE
Discover the histories of Manchester Craft & Design Centre from Victorian fishmarket to crafty powerhouse. Stay on and join in an open discussion about the future of the Centre until 6.30pm.
Starting Point: Manchester Craft & Design Centre
2pm – 3.45pm
Castlefield: Birthplace of Manchester, Birthplace of Industry
£8 pay on the day
Centuries after the Romans built their 4 forts in Castlefield, industry arrived with the opening of the Bridgewater Canal, Britain’s first. The World’s first passenger railway was also built here.
Starting Point: Outside the Museum of Science & Industry, Lower Byrom Street M3 4FP
Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks
