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Windrush Health Walk, Festival and Park Celebration Day: Connect Create Celebrate
Starts: Sat 22nd June 1:00PM
Ends: Sat 22nd June 2:00PM
Venue: Alexandra Park, 80 Russell St, Manchester , M16 7JL
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This event is free. No booking required.
Access information: Fully accessible venue
Event organisation: Alexandra Park
Telephone: 0161 868 0861
Website: Click here
Social:
Sat 22 Jun, 1.15pm – 2pm
Free, drop in
Park research has led to the heritage group discovering that 100 years ago in August 1919, Peterloo was remembered in the Park with speakers at Speaker’s Corner. The heritage group want to remember Peterloo by remembering those who gathered at Speaker’s Corner in 1919. The event will take place at 2pm near Chorlton Lodge, on Claremont Rd. There will be songs of protest from “Open Voice Choir” and short readings of poetry.
In 2020 Alexandra Park will be 150 years old. To mark the occasion the Friends of Alexandra Park, in partnership with the Heritage, Sports and Wildlife Forums as well as the Caribbean and African Health Network who organise the Windrush Health Walk and Festival, are planning activity days in 2019 and 2020
The date of the 2019 event is Saturday 22 June and the themes are Connect Create Celebrate and celebrating the Value of Migration to Greater Manchester
They’ll be stalls, cultural workshops, entertainment, presentations, live performances, sports, health checks, children’s activities, food and lots more taking place across the park as part of the following strands
- Move, including Tangled Dance
- Make – a chance to get creative and try your hand at arts and crafts
- Music from a range of performers
- Merriment, including Funny Looking Kids
- Make a difference, including re-establishing the parks Speakers Corner