manchester tourist guide regional sightseeing
Thursday, 24th July 2003
Museum of the ManchestersTown Hall
Market Place
Ashton-u-Lyne
0161 342 3078
www.ashton-under-lyne.com/museum.htm
Free
Mon - Sat: 10am - 4pm.
A complete history of the Manchester regiment from the Napoleonic Wars to their amalgamation in 1958. During the First World War the Manchesters suffered some of the worst losses of any British regiment. Amongst the casualties was poet Wilfred Owen, killed shortly before the Armistice. He is remembered, along with his comrades, in the Regimental Chapel in Manchester Cathedral.
Toilets, baby changing, group and school visits, disabled access, guided tours, events. Links within ManchesterOnline
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