On the 80th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons in war, join a guided walk around the Manchester City Centre Peace Trail, presented by Greater Manchester CND and led by Steve Roman.
The walk, which is open to all and wheelchair accessible, covers sites connected with the growth of Manchester as the world’s first industrial city and its importance as a centre for peace and radical political activity, and includes:
- John Dalton, the ‘nuclear timeline’, the Peace Garden, MAG (Mines Advisory Group) and the Nobel Peace Prize
- The Free Trade Hall, suffragists and suffragettes to the Sex Pistols
- Peterloo and the popular reform movement
- Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln and the campaigns against the slave trade and chattel slavery
- The Hidden Gem and religious tolerance, free thinking and science
The one and a half hour circular walk starts in front of Central Library, St Peter’s Square, M2 5PD. Tickets are £10.
For any queries please contact 07840 303539 or email gmdcnd@gn.apc.org
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Manchester Central Library
St Peter's Square
M2 5PD
Manchester