Historian Michael Herbert who has been researching, writing and speaking aboutManchester’s radical history for many years has announced two more walks in the next couple of weeks
Wednesday 19 October 2pm . Riots, Rebellions and Revolution
This walk will explore sites connected with the Co-operative Movement, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the Siege of Manchester, Peterloo, Chartism, the 1745 Jacobite rebellion and other historical events.
Meet at the Robert Owen statue, Co-operative Bank, Corporation Street, Manchester
Wednesday 26 October 2pm “Up Then Brave Women…”
This walk will explore sites connected with the radical women’s movements in the city including trade unionism, the Clarion newspaper, Votes for Women and the Manchester Guardian.
Meet at the Robert Owen statue, Co-operative Bank, Corporation Street, Manchester
The walks will last 2 hours. £6.00 waged /£5.00 concessions.
Michael is a Trustee of the Working Class Movement Library and his published works include The Wearing of the Green, a political history of the Irish in Manchester, and Never Counted Out , a biography of Len Johnson, the Manchester boxer and Communist.
Further information: redflagwalks @gmail.com