Halloween above and below, with Flecky Bennet and Jonathan Schofield
Their is nothing better if you are like me than to do some sort of spooky activity on Halloween night, and this one was no exception!
This wasn’t the normal ghost walk that I have written about in the past, this is a very special event held by two of the best tour guides in Manchester, with a more comprehensive slant on guiding you through the city.
We all met in St Anne’s square for our 9pm slot with Jonathan to kick of on a very factual and atmospheric tour of the grounds near by St Anne’s church. We learnt about the many thousands buried beneath our feet in the cholera pits and also the grisly details of be headings of traitors to the royal crown with a dash of romantic tragedy of the fatal death of two quarrelling lovers.
Next we were left in the hands of our spooky host Flecky beckoning us into the dark depths of the tunnels below Manchester to hear tails of the infamous John Dee and the many souls that were kept in the make shift morgues during World War Two. As well as a seance for good measure.
The two guides give a fantastic over view of Manchesters spooky history that is fun as well as not for the faint hearted at times, but non the less well worth the money to experience as a new way to look at such a fascinating and old city.
Their new ghost tour will run through out November and Xmas too, so watch out for bookings on the web site Manchesterghostwalk.co.uk or Jonathanschofieldtuors.com
I’m beginning to realise just literally how many layers Manchester really does have!
No comments:
Post a Comment