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Writer, speaker, guide. www.jonathanschofieldtours.com, www.mcrbooks.co.uk, www.confidentials.com Medal of Honour award-winner from the University of Manchester. Yeah, yeah

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THIS SATURDAY. The Peterloo Massacre Walk - The Drama, The Reality & THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE. An anniversary walk, 10.30am, of a misunderstood landmark event
206 years ago.
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12.08.2025 09:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ancoats and New Islington tour. Saturday 12 April, 10.30am. Join me. This is a dramatic area that’s seen dramatic change. www.instagram.com/reel/DIMZwHA...

09.04.2025 06:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What to do something different this afternoon? Join me on my Truly Madly Brutal tour of Manchester at 3pm. This looks at examples of Modernist and Brutalist architecture in the city. You will find it informative and fun.

Book here: jonathanschofieldtours.com/truly-madly-br…

06.04.2025 07:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Much appreciated Niall. Lovely audience in a great venue

24.01.2025 07:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Britons Protection, classic Manchester pub, closes today: a big change is on the way @BBCRadioManc @visit_mcr #manchesterpubs

06.01.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Manchester tours 2025. Forty tour themes, more than ninety tour dates. 13 new tours: gift vouchers available. The Christmas deal: EIGHT tours for the price of FIVE. This deal will last until Sunday 15 December. www.jonathanschofieldtours.com

05.12.2024 10:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Football eh? Took a Bodo Glimt group around. This northern Norwegian team are playing Utd tonight. Their stadium has a capacity of 8,200 and they’ve brought 6,500 fans to Manchester. The hotels are happy.

28.11.2024 16:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Friedrich Engels And Karl Marx Tours Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx were the fathers of communism.Β  Engels lived, on and off, for 22 years in Manchester and during this time Marx would stay with Engels for long periods. The city...

The Engels and Marx PUB Tour. 6pm Thursday 28 Nov 2024. It's Engels' birthday bonanza: he's 204. The tour will be fascinating, fun & pub cosy: lots of great stories of Friedrich Engels and his time in Manchester, plus classic pub tales too. Book here: www.jonathanschofieldtours.com/friedrich-en...

25.11.2024 12:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Weds, Larnaca. I’ll make no bones I saw some old bones. Allegedly those of Lazarus raised by Jesus. Later he became the Cypriot Archbishop as a right misery guts. He never smiled because he'd seen lots of sad souls while he was dead the first time. Hardly seems worth it if that was his attitude.

22.11.2024 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s facadism of course and there are lots of things to say about the merits of that but here at St Michael’s development in central Manchester the 1937 police station frontage designed by G Noel Hill is looking quite splendid in the winter sun. #garyneville #relentless #salboy #mcrarchitecture

21.11.2024 14:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0