Join guided tours of Hulme
HOME of the first Rolls Royce factory, a precious Pugin church and, for a while, Winston Churchill, the historic Manchester district of Hulme has more than a few claims to fame.
It is also, according to our guide, the only inner city district to have had the heart ripped out of it, not once, but three times - first by German bombers, then in the 1960s slum clearances, and more recently with the removal of the Crescents housing 'experiment'.
If you want to find out more about this influential but troubled district, Manchester Metropolitan University is running a series of social history walks in the capable hands of human geographer Steve Millington.
Dr Millington has descended from generations of Hulme people and proves it by littering his two-hour tour with the locations of now-defunct family homes!
The walk is a fascinating journey through Hulme offering insights into the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the Mancunian Way, and the struggle to maintain a
sense of community. Steve also offers observations on the new Hulme and the planned MMU campus on Birley Fields.
Steve's first tour will take place on 3rd February at 2pm and you can register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/546514640
Everyone is welcome on this free tour which is also an opportunity to meet people from the university, and find out more about MMU's links with its communities.
If you can't make this first date, don't worry, the tour will be repeated on 3rd March, 7th April, 5th May, 2nd June and 7th July.
A separate walk around the Mancunian Way and investigating its impact in more detail, is being run in on March 20 in partnership with The Manchester Modernist
Society. Registration is at: http://mancunian.eventbrite.com
Look forward to seeing you on one of the walks!
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