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Sunday 2 May 10.45am, £6.00/£3.00

Meet at the Robert Owen statue, Cooperative Bank, Balloon Street, Manchester, M60

This walk will explore Manchester’s radical history including the Cooperative movement, The Clarion newspaper, Marx and Engels, Peterloo, Chartism, The General Strike and rioting in Albert Square. You will also find out what happened the day Manchester was captured by a Scottish army.

The walk will be led by Michael Herbert. Michael has been researching, writing and talking about Manchester’s history for many years. He has an MA in the History of Manchester and is a former editor of the North West Labour History Journal and is currently a Trustee of the Working Class Movement Library. His first book Never Counted Out! The Story of Len Johnson, boxer and communist was published in 1992. His second book The Wearing of the Green: a political history of the Irish in Manchester was published in 2001. He is a regular contributor to the Manchester’s Radical History website radicalmanchester.wordpress.com

More information about the walk: mossley@phonecoop.coop

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