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. 2019 CALENDAR
There's always a new tour on the way
4-21 July MIF I will be the official guide of Manchester International Festival, you can book here
Saturday 13 July
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 21 July
NEW 6am The Secret Tunnels Tour: you will get wet PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THIS LINK IF YOU HAVE BOOKED A TICKET NEW
11am Discover Manchester
NEW 3pm The Universities & the beautiful garden squares NEW
Saturday 27 July
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
NEW 3pm Daft Manchester: A Ridiculous Tour NEW
5pm The Tour of Uninteresting Objects
Sunday 28 July
6am The Secret Tunnels Tour: you will get wet
Saturday 3 August
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts of Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Saturday 10 August
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts of Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 11 August
6am The Secret Tunnels Tour: you will get wet
Saturday 17 August
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Monday 19 August
11am Discover Manchester
Friday 16 August
6pm Peterloo: The Reality & Drama
Saturday 24 August
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Tuesday 27 August
11am Discover Manchester
Saturday 31 August
3pm Truly Madly Brutal
Sunday 1 September
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
NEW 2pm Kersal Moor & the River Woods: The Surprising Manchester (and Salford) Series NEW
Saturday 7 September
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm The Principal Hotel Tour
Sunday 8 September
1pm Mayfield Station tour
Friday 13 September
11am Discover Manchester
Saturday 14 September
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Whalley Range & Alexandra Park: drama, pop & politics
Sunday 15 September
3pm The Day the World Got Smaller
Saturday 21 September
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 22 September
11am Discover Manchester
NEW 2pm The Quays, MediaCity & Trafford Wharf: The Surprising Manchester (and Salford & Trafford) Series NEW
4.30pm Mayfield Station tour
Thursday 26 September
6pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Saturday 28 September
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
NEW 3pm Bombed & Besieged Manchester at War NEW
3pm Explore Altrincham tour (with another guide)
Sunday 29 September
NEW 10am Manchester Bike Tour NEW
Thursday 3 October
6pm The hilarious Manchester Pub Tour
Saturday 5 October
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm The Incredible Interiors Tour
Thursday 10 October
6pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Saturday 12 October
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts of Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Suffragettes, Women & Manchester
Saturday 19 October
10.30am The Principal Hotel Tour
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Thursday 24 October
6pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Thursday 10 October
4pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Thursday 31 October
5.30pm, 7pm, 9pm Halloween Tours
More tours will be announced soon
Please check the website 24 hours before the tours
Your Paypal receipt is your ticket, the receipt may have gone into you spam folder so please check that if you can't find it in your main email inbox.
There's always a new tour on the way
4-21 July MIF I will be the official guide of Manchester International Festival, you can book here
Saturday 13 July
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 21 July
NEW 6am The Secret Tunnels Tour: you will get wet PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THIS LINK IF YOU HAVE BOOKED A TICKET NEW
11am Discover Manchester
NEW 3pm The Universities & the beautiful garden squares NEW
Saturday 27 July
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
NEW 3pm Daft Manchester: A Ridiculous Tour NEW
5pm The Tour of Uninteresting Objects
Sunday 28 July
6am The Secret Tunnels Tour: you will get wet
Saturday 3 August
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts of Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Saturday 10 August
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts of Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 11 August
6am The Secret Tunnels Tour: you will get wet
Saturday 17 August
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Monday 19 August
11am Discover Manchester
Friday 16 August
6pm Peterloo: The Reality & Drama
Saturday 24 August
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Tuesday 27 August
11am Discover Manchester
Saturday 31 August
3pm Truly Madly Brutal
Sunday 1 September
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
NEW 2pm Kersal Moor & the River Woods: The Surprising Manchester (and Salford) Series NEW
Saturday 7 September
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm The Principal Hotel Tour
Sunday 8 September
1pm Mayfield Station tour
Friday 13 September
11am Discover Manchester
Saturday 14 September
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Whalley Range & Alexandra Park: drama, pop & politics
Sunday 15 September
3pm The Day the World Got Smaller
Saturday 21 September
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 22 September
11am Discover Manchester
NEW 2pm The Quays, MediaCity & Trafford Wharf: The Surprising Manchester (and Salford & Trafford) Series NEW
4.30pm Mayfield Station tour
Thursday 26 September
6pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Saturday 28 September
10.30am and 12.30pm Chetham's Library & Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
NEW 3pm Bombed & Besieged Manchester at War NEW
3pm Explore Altrincham tour (with another guide)
Sunday 29 September
NEW 10am Manchester Bike Tour NEW
Thursday 3 October
6pm The hilarious Manchester Pub Tour
Saturday 5 October
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm The Incredible Interiors Tour
Thursday 10 October
6pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Saturday 12 October
NEW 10.30am The Ghosts of Afflecks & A Northern Quarter Tour NEW
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Suffragettes, Women & Manchester
Saturday 19 October
10.30am The Principal Hotel Tour
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Thursday 24 October
6pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Thursday 10 October
4pm The Manchester Ghost Tour - entering a secret space
Thursday 31 October
5.30pm, 7pm, 9pm Halloween Tours
More tours will be announced soon
Please check the website 24 hours before the tours
Your Paypal receipt is your ticket, the receipt may have gone into you spam folder so please check that if you can't find it in your main email inbox.
Here's my favourite quote about Manchester in its nascent industrial days from Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1875. Its meaning is self-evident and although it refers to science the sentiment applies to every other field of endeavour.
‘Men, however great their learning often become indolent and unambitious to improve in knowledge for want of associating with others of similar talents and improvements. But science, like fire, is put in motion by collision. Where a number of such men have frequent opportunities of meeting and conversing together, thought begets thought, and every hint is turned to advantage. A spirit of enquiry glows in every breast.’
‘Men, however great their learning often become indolent and unambitious to improve in knowledge for want of associating with others of similar talents and improvements. But science, like fire, is put in motion by collision. Where a number of such men have frequent opportunities of meeting and conversing together, thought begets thought, and every hint is turned to advantage. A spirit of enquiry glows in every breast.’