EXHIBITIONS

7pm – 8pm

Domestic Duties on Lark Hill Place

£2 Booking essential at http:// bit.ly/1Rdehot or 0161 778 0800

Explore the lives of the Victorian domestic servants who lived in Lark Hill Place, Salford Museum’s recreated street. Learn about the types of jobs you could have done up at ‘The Big House’ as well as the domestic tasks in your cottage.

Starting Point: Salford Museum & Art Gallery, The Crescent M5 4WU

THURSDAY 9 JUNE

2pm – 3.45pm

10 Manchester Inventions that Shook the World

£8 pay on the day

Manchester invented the modern world, for this was the first city of the Industrial Revolution, and its inhabitants have given the world some of its greatest creations: the first computer, atomic theory, the first canal.

Starting Point: Outside the Museum of Science & Industry, Lower Byrom Street M3 4FP

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

2pm – 4.30pm

Godlee Observatory Tour

£5 Call 0161 306 4977 for postal payment details

Step back in time in one of Manchester’s marvellous hidden gems at Godlee Observatory. Tour the telescope and find out about the histories of Manchester Astronomical Society.

Starting Point: Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, Granby Row M1 3BU

2pm – 4pm

Something’s in the Water! How canals, rivers and rain shaped Manchester

FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/1px8247

From lost rivers, fantastic bridges and devastating floods to industry, tourism and wildlife we will be sharing stories of Manchester’s waterways, and discussing the city’s complicated relationship with water. Oh and don’t go too near the edge...

Starting Point: Confirmed on booking

Morag Rose, Loiterers Resistance Movement

FRIDAY 10 JUNE

10am – 2pm

Walking Through Manchester’s Origins

FREE but booking essential by email m.d.nevell@salford.ac.uk or 0161 295 6286

This half-day guided walk around the city looks at the archaeology of Manchester’s origins. Starting and ending in Castlefield, there will be visits to a Roman fort, a medieval church, the Georgian Northern Quarter, the Rochdale Canal and more.

Starting Point: Roman Gateway, Liverpool Road M3 4JN

Michael Nevell, University of Salford 11am – 12.30pm

Victorian Slums & Squalor: Angel Meadow

£8 + £1 booking fee Booking essential at www.angel-meadow-walk. eventbrite.com

Angel Meadow and the Irk Valley were infamous in Victorian times – cholera, crime, vice, vermin and death were an everyday occurrence. Visit many histories on this walk including locations that L.S. Lowry painted and narrow streets once known as Irish Town.

Starting Point: Under the tiled map at Victoria Station M3 1WY

Elizabeth Sibbering, Manchester Guided Tours

2pm – 3.45pm

Jewish Manchester

£8 pay on the day

Discover this fascinating journey of Manchester’s Jewish population, the largest in Britain outside of London. It all began with the arrival of penniless German hawkers in 18th century Manchester to be part of the Industrial Revolution.

Starting Point: Outside The Midland Hotel, Peter Street M60 2DS

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

SATURDAY 11 JUNE

8am

Manchestour: a running tour of Manchester

FREE but booking essential at http://manchestour.co.uk

Learn about Manchester’s past, present and future on this running tour of the city centre. Be active, meet different people and find out some new facts. Runs are about 4 – 5 miles.

Starting point: The Albert Monument, Albert Square M2 5DB

11am or 2pm

The Portico Library Tour

£5 Booking essential at http://bit.ly/PorticoMHF

Enjoy a tour of the remarkable Portico Library, which opened as a library in 1806, where members have included John Dalton, Guy Garvey, Elizabeth Gaskell and Val McDermid. 11am & hourly until 4pm

Heritage Bus Rides

FREE

Enjoy the MHF Celebration Day with a 30 minute heritage bus ride up to the Museum of Transport and back into Manchester. Last bus back to the Town Hall at 4.30pm.

Starting Point: Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square M2 5DB

1pm – 4pm

Gentry Families of Manchester: The North

£15 Booking at www.mgt.eventbrite.co.uk

This bus tour takes you to see the remains of some of northern Greater Manchester’s heritage and covers the stories of the families that lived there, including Heaton Hall, Hopwood and Tonge Hall in Middleton, and Foxdention Hall in Chadderton.

Starting Point: In front of Slug & Lettue, Albert Square M2 5HD

Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours & Jonathan Spangler, Manchester Metropolitan University

2pm – 3.45pm

Suffragette City/ The Pankhursts

£8 pay on the day

When Britain was at its strongest as an imperial power in the early years of the 20th century, half of the population, the women, still had no say in how the country was run. A Manchester family, the Pankhursts, led its change.

Starting Point: Outside The Midland Hotel, Peter Street M60 2DS

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

SUNDAY 12 JUNE

9am

Manchestour: a running tour of Manchester

FREE but booking essential at http://manchestour.co.uk

Learn about Manchester’s past, present and future on this running tour of the city centre. Be active, meet different people and find out some new facts. Runs are about 4 – 5 miles.

Starting point: The Albert Monument, Albert Square M2 5DB

Discovering Little Italy

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 12pm – 1.30pm

Edgar Wood: Middleton Architect Guided Walk

£8 + £1 booking fee Booking at www.edgar-woodwalk.eventbrite.com

Learn more about Internationally renowned architect Edgar Wood who designed over 20 buildings that survive today in Middleton including the spectacular Arts & Crafts Church and grand homes along Rochdale Road.

Starting Point: Outside Middleton Post Office, 53 Manchester New Road M24 1SQ

Elizabeth Sibbering, Manchester Guided Tours 11am – 2pm

WoManchester Cycle Tour

£15 (£8) Booking at http://bit.ly/ 1ZoK1Jo or 07828 466999

A guided cycle tour visiting the sites associated with 6 of the women recently shortlisted for a new statue in Manchester: Margaret Ashton, Louise DaCocodia, Elizabeth Gaskell, Emmeline Pankhurst, Elizabeth Raffald and Ellen Wilkinson.

Starting Point: Outside Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square M60 2LA

Ursula Harries, Manchester Bike Tours

2pm – 3.45pm

The History of Manchester in 20 Objects

£8 pay on the day

Statues, signs, symbols and sites, bits, bobs and all sorts of assorted objects that tell the stories of Manchester from a different angle are included on this guided tour.

Starting Point: Outside the Visitor Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

VENUES

Band on the Wall 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ • 0161 831 1111 • www.bandonthewall.org Beswick Library 60 Grey Mare Lane, Manchester M11 3DS • 0161 245 7241 • www.manchester.gov.uk

British Muslim Heritage Centre

College Rd, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8BP • 0161 881 8062 • www.bmhc.org.uk/ Brooks Building Manchester Metropolitan University, 53 Bonsall Street, Manchester M15 6GX Chetham’s Library Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB • 0161 834 7961 • www.chethams.org.uk Coffee Nubia 155B Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4RE • 0161 258 4828 The Dancehouse 10 Oxford Road, Manchester M1 5QA • 0161 237 9753 • www.thedancehouse.co.uk Duke’s Drive Country Park off Parin Lane, Monton, Salford M30 8AP • 0161 794 4711

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester M13 9LW • 0161 273 2215 • www.elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk Flixton Girls’ School Flixton Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 5DR • 0161 912 2949 • www.flixtongirls.com Forum Library Forum Square, Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 5RX • 0161 227 3770 • www.wythenshaweforum.co.uk Friends’ Meeting House 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS • 0161 834 5797 • www.meetinghousemanchester.co.uk The Fusilier Museum Moss Street, Bury BL9 0DF • 0161 763 8960 • www.fusiliermuseum.com Gallery Oldham Oldham Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham OL1 1AL • 0161 770 4653 • www.galleryoldham.org.uk Godlee Observatory Sackville Street Building, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BU • 0161 306 4977 • www.manastro.org/index.html Gorton Monastery Gorton Lane, Manchester M12 5WF • 0161 223 3211 • www.themonastery.co.uk

Greater Manchester Police Museum

57a Newton Street, Manchester M1 1ET • 0161 856 4500 • www.gmpmuseum.co.uk Imperial War Museum North 1 Quay West, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester M17 1TZ • 0161 836 4000 • www.iwm.org. uk/visits/iwm-north Irish World Heritage Centre 1 Irish Town Way, Cheetham, Manchester M8 0RY • 0161 205 4007 • www.iwhc.com The John Rylands Library 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH • 0161 306 0555 • www.library.manchester.ac.uk The King’s Arms 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN • 0161 832 3605 • www.kingsarmssalford.com Longsight Library 519 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M12 4NR • 0161 227 3706 Lyme Park National Trust Disley, Stockport Sk12 2NR • 01663 762023 • www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lyme Manchester Art Gallery Moseley Street, Manchester M2 3JL • 0161 235 8877 • www manchestergalleries.org

Manchester Cathedral Visitor Centre

10 Cateaton Street, Manchester M3 1SQ • 0161 817 4817 • www.manchestercathedral.org

Manchester Central Library

St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD • 0161 234 1983 • www.manchester.gov.uk/centrallibrary

Manchester Craft & Design Centre

17 Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 5JD • 0161 832 4274 • www.craftanddesign.com

Manchester Jewish Museum

190 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 8LW • 0161 834 9879 • www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com Manchester Museum Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL • 0161 275 2634 • www.manchester.ac.uk/museum

Manchester Technology Centre

Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7ED • 0161 209 5200 Manchester Town Hall Albert Square, Manchester M60 2LA • 0161 234 5000 • www.manchester.gov.uk/townhall Manchester United Museum Sir Alex Ferguson Stand, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0RA • 0161 836 1326 • www.manutd.com/en/ Visit-Old-Trafford/Museum-And-StadiumTour/Museum.aspx The Marble Arch 73 Rochdale Rd, Manchester M4 4HY • 0161 832 5914 • www.marblebeers.com/marble-arch/ The Mediterranean Café 126 Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8FB • 0161 226 3000 Merci Mill Bridge 5, Ground Floor, 22A Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR • 0161 273 1736 • www.merci.org.uk

Museum of Science & Industry

Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP • 0161 832 2244 • www.msimanchester.org.uk

Museum of Transport, Greater

Manchester Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester M8 8UW • 0161 205 2122 • www.gmts.co.uk Old Granada Studios Quay House, Quay Street, Manchester M3 3JE • www.oldgranadastudios.com PAPER Unit 12, Mirabel Studios, 14 – 20 Mirabel Street, Manchester M3 1PJ • 07799 813062 • www.paper-gallery.co.uk Peel Hall Peel Building, University of Salford, The Crescent, Salford M5 4WT • 0161 295 5000 • www.salford.ac.uk People’s History Museum Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER • 0161 838 9190 • www.phm.org.uk The Pilcrow Workshop Sadler’s Yard, NOMA, Manchester M4 4BB • www.thepilcrowpub.com

The Portico Library & Gallery

57 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HY • 0161 236 6785 • www.theportico.org.uk Quarry Bank Styal, Wilmslow SK9 4LA • 01625 445890 • www.nationaltrust.org. uk/quarry-bank

Rogue Artists’ Studios & Project Space

66-72 Chapeltown Street, Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2WH • 0161 273 7492 • www.rogueartistsstudios.co.uk

Royal Northern College of Music

Rosamond Street West, Manchester M13 9RD • 0161 907 5200 • www.rncm.ac.uk St James’ Church Stenner Lane, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RQ • 0161 446 4150 • www.stjamesandemmanuel.org

Salford Museum & Art Gallery

Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford M5 4WU • 0161 778 0800 • www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/ culture Stitched Up HQ 527B Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UF • 0161 881 7141 • www.stitchedupuk.co.uk

Stockport Art Gallery & War Memorial

Wellington Road South, Stockport SK3 8AB • 0161 474 4453 • www.stockport.gov.uk/artgallery

Three Minute Theatre

Afflecks Arcade, 35 – 39 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1 JG • 0161 834 4517 • www.threeminutetheatre.co.uk/ Victoria Baths Hathersage Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester M13 0FE • 0161 224 2020 • www.victoriabaths.org.uk The Whitworth University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER • 0161 275 7450 • www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk Wood Street Mission 26 Wood Street, Manchester M3 3EF • 0161 834 3140 • www.woodstreetmission.org.uk

Working Class Movement Library

51 Crescent, Salford M5 4WX • 0161 736 3601 • www.wcml.org.uk Wythenshawe Hall Wythenshawe Park Manchester M32 0AB • 0161 998 2331 • www.wythenshawehall.com