‘The Victorian Society Presents the Lunch Hour’ is a new series of events by the Manchester Group including walks, tours and talks aimed at being more inclusive to those who engage with the heritage of Manchester and its wider region but are unable to attend evening and weekend events. We are delighted that Ken Moth, conservation architect extraordinaire, Chair of the Northern Buildings Committee 1991-2024 and Casework Trustee for the Victorian Society for many years, agreed to lead our inaugural event, a walk round Ancoats, on 20 May.
The event on 20 May is now fully booked and this is a repeat event by popular demand.
Ancoats has been described as the cradle of industrialisation. Why was Manchester so important in the infancy and development of the Industrial Revolution and why was this area on the north eastern fringe of the Georgian town so attractive to early entrepreneurs? What happened and what can we see now? Come along to find out. We hope this walk will be of interest to those with an interest in the period and its buildings who work in the city centre.