Join us to explore some of the well-known and not so well-known events that made Manchester into one of the world’s great cities. These 2-hour sessions look in on Roman Manchester, the English Civil War and Manchester’s Boomtown era.
Saturday 25th January 2020, 10.00am - 12.00noon:
AD79
Roman Britain: A province of empire [Kevin Harrison]
Roman Manchester [Birgitta Hoffman]
Saturday 8th February 2020, 10.00am - 12.00noon:
15th July 1642: Richard Perceval’s death
Civil War in England: The world turned upside down [Kevin Harrison]
The siege of Manchester [Tim Cockitt]
Saturday 7th March 2020, 10.00am - 12.00noon:
5th September 1852 & 30th January 1858
Edward Edwards and the Manchester Free Library [Christopher Makepeace]
Charles Halle & his Orchestra [Steve Millward]