The Manchester Literary tour 2025
£15
11am Sunday 26 October
Words, wonderful words. The day before the anniversary of Elizabeth Gaskell's birthday on 29 October 1810, this tour of Manchester will be laden and laced with entertaining and informative tales from a city bulging with stories.
The tour will feature Manchester-born and Manchester-adopted writers – plus some who simply passed through but couldn't help commenting.
We’re not just talking poets and novelists either but artists, actors, politicians and musicians all of whom employed the power of the word. Those linguistical flourishes have come from the pens and mouths of individuals such as Elizabeth Gaskell, Friedrich Engels, Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, Anthony Burgess, Ewan McColl, Howard Jacobson, Len Johnson, Joseph Knox, Christabel Pankhurst, Carol Ann Duffy and others past and present. Not all can be included but expect well-known quotes but expect the unexpected too.
Meet: St Ann's Church, M2 7LF
Finish: HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place. M15 4FN.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Fully accessible
The tour will feature Manchester-born and Manchester-adopted writers – plus some who simply passed through but couldn't help commenting.
We’re not just talking poets and novelists either but artists, actors, politicians and musicians all of whom employed the power of the word. Those linguistical flourishes have come from the pens and mouths of individuals such as Elizabeth Gaskell, Friedrich Engels, Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, Anthony Burgess, Ewan McColl, Howard Jacobson, Len Johnson, Joseph Knox, Christabel Pankhurst, Carol Ann Duffy and others past and present. Not all can be included but expect well-known quotes but expect the unexpected too.
Meet: St Ann's Church, M2 7LF
Finish: HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place. M15 4FN.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Fully accessible
Tickets
£15 adults
Under 10s free.
MEET: Main entrance, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, M21 7GL
Please pay on Paypal below. If you wish to pay by bank transfer please contact me on [email protected]
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating
The Paypal receipt is your ticket. If you ordered from Eventbrite you will be sent an electronic ticket. Please check the email, from which you ordered your tickets, 24 hours before each tour, in case circumstances have arisen which affect the tour, especially if the tour includes access to a space not owned by Jonathan Schofield Tours. If there is no change to the plans, you will not be sent an email. And as usual, if you don't have an informative and entertaining tour please ask for a refund. Not all tours are conducted by Jonathan Schofield but may be guided by other professional and trained Blue Badge or Green Badge guides.
£15 adults
Under 10s free.
MEET: Main entrance, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, M21 7GL
Please pay on Paypal below. If you wish to pay by bank transfer please contact me on [email protected]
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating
The Paypal receipt is your ticket. If you ordered from Eventbrite you will be sent an electronic ticket. Please check the email, from which you ordered your tickets, 24 hours before each tour, in case circumstances have arisen which affect the tour, especially if the tour includes access to a space not owned by Jonathan Schofield Tours. If there is no change to the plans, you will not be sent an email. And as usual, if you don't have an informative and entertaining tour please ask for a refund. Not all tours are conducted by Jonathan Schofield but may be guided by other professional and trained Blue Badge or Green Badge guides.