Update March 2020 - tours in the foreseeable future are postponed based on advice from the Institute of Tourist Guiding to comply with Government guidance regarding social-distancing. Future tours are subject to change at short notice. Please check with Philippa that the tour is going ahead before travelling to the tour.
Update June 2020 - all tours remain cancelled until these can go ahead safely.
Join my public tours during Spring/Summer 2020 covering themes from Manchester's early doctors to the city's little-known women. £10 per person.
Doctors, Disease & Cure, Saturday 18 April, 11.30am CANCELLED
Hear of Manchester's early doctors, hospitals and ailments. Include stories of cholera, corpses, accidents, ethics, maternity and a mummy. Some adult themes.
Salford Men: Heroes and Villains, Saturday 20 June, 11.30am CANCELLED
Cross the River Irwell into Salford for stories of the city's heroes and villains of the past - sportsmen, rescuers, fighters, thieves, scientists and philanthropists.
Meet outside the People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields M3 3ER
Little-Known Women, Saturday 11 July, 11.30am CANCELLED
Highlighting Manchester women overshadowed by more famous local heroines. Artists, writers, performers, prostitutes, midwives, a murderer... but no suffragettes.
Meet outside Chetham's School of Music entrance, Long Millgate M3 1SB.
Love & Loss, Saturday 5 September, 11.30am CANCELLED
Tales of love and rather more loss over the centuries - a jilted lover, domestic disputes, a jealous fiance, an amorous trader, a grieving wife. Some adult themes.
Meet outside John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate M3 3EH