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Attention history lovers! We’ll meet up to go on historical walking tours, visit museums and attend historical events. We usually meet up at a cafe in the venue then go around as a group. You can also share a lift to and from the event where possible.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- The Beatles' Liverpool tour on Help's 60th Anniversary with Mojo's Ed GlinertLiverpool Train Station, Lime Street, L1 1JD
Join me on The Beatles' Liverpool walking tour on Help's 60th Anniversary with Mojo's Ed Glinert.
Before you attend, please book your free ticket here via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-beatles-liverpool-tour-on-helps-60th-anniversary-w-mojos-ed-glinert-tickets-1322094302649?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Date: Wednesday 6th August 2025
Time: 1pm to 3pm
Location: Ken Dodd Statue, Lime Street Station.It was 60 years this day that the Beatles released their second soundtrack LP, Help!, named after one of John Lennon's earliest primal screams.
And what an album! Despite the pointless cover version of Larry Williams' banal 1958 R&B stomper, "Dizzy Miss Lizzie", the excrutiatingly maudlin "Yesterday" and the laughable idea of letting Ringo have a go with the ridiculous "Act Naturally", this is a collection of classic Macca love songs. And what a start. After "Help!" itself gets the juices flowing, there is an immaculate segue into the exuberant "The Night Before", quickly followed by the slowed down, yearning, "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" - a barely matchable first three for any LP.
* An odd note: not once on "Ticket To Ride" does Lennon ever pronounce his "d"s.We mark the anniversary of its release with a guided tour (with appropriate music accompaniment) around the Beatles’ Liverpool haunts:
* The Cavern.
* St George’s Hall.
* The Eleanor Rigby statue.
* The shabby flat where John Lennon dossed.
* Brian Epstein’s rather more comfortable apartment.
* The Inny where George and Paul went to school.
* And of course Ye Cracke pub where we will try and order a “Creme tangerine, Montelimar/Ginger sling with a pineapple heart” for our “coffee desert”.Note: Please be aware this event requires a couple of miles of walking. There are a few stops along the way . Please wear suitable footwear and bring bottle water with you.
Event provided by Ed Glinert of New Liverpool Walks & New Manchester Walks
- Saddleworth Rushcart Festival and MuseumKobe Coffee, Oldham
The Saddleworth Rushcart Festival is an annual event held on the August Bank Holiday weekend, where a large, decorated rushcart is pulled by Morris Men through the villages of Saddleworth, culminating at St Chad's Church in Uppermill. The event was revived by the Saddleworth Morris Men in 1975, and is one of the few remaining traditions of its kind still going.
Saddleworth Museum tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth’s landscape and character. The museum has something for all the family, is wheelchair friendly, and presents its’ collections, shop and facilities in a thoroughly modern way within the carefully restored fabric of a building dating back to 1862.
We will meet up at Kobe Coffee which is close to the museum at 1pm (as that's when the museum opens). Depending on what is happening we can either watch the Rushcart event or look around the museum first then see the festivities. Festival schedule will be set closer to the date.
More information on the Rushcart festival: https://www.facebook.com/groups/20993635587
