A walking tour of Manchester

We enjoyed breakfast in the apartment and then made our way to Sackville Gardens for a walking tour of the city, The starting point was the Alan Turing Memorial which was unveiled on 23rd June 2001, the 89th anniversary of his birth. The sculptor, Glynn Hughes, has depicted Turing as a scruffily dressed, ordinary man holding an apple. The apple represents Newton, the tree of knowledge, and forbidden fruit, as well as being a reminder of Turing's untimely death, when his body was discovered with a bitten apple beside him. Hughes buried his old Amstrad computer under the plinth as a tribute to 'the godfather of all modern computers'.

We met our guide, Megan, who did a great job of communicating with a huge group of people. She was entertaining and informative as she led us through some of her favourite sights in the city.

The first stop was a monument to VIMTO!! It stands on the spot (19 Granby Row) where John Noel Nichols mixed his first batch of VIMTO in 1908. Megan even sang us a song about it!Read more