Horrible and Ghostly (mostly) Manchester Histories Pub Quiz with Jonathan Schofield

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Horrible and Ghostly (mostly) Manchester Histories Pub Quiz with Jonathan Schofield

The Gaslamp, City Centre
23 October 2016

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Manchester and the North West has a rich, horrible and ghostly history. Think you know it all? Come and pit your knowledge against fellow Mancunians in The Gas Lamp, a quirky Victorian drinking den serving real ales in a subterranean space.

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