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From Boom to Best

Thursday Late at The Whitworth

From Boom to Best - fashion, art, culture and music in Manchester.

Join The Modernist Society on a virtual walking tour in and around King Street. Exploring places and personalities that have shaped Manchester's cultural scene in the last 50 years.

We will 'meet' such people as Ozzie Clark, Celia Birtwell, David Mellor, Terence Conran, Vidal Sassoon and George Best (amongst others)

This will be an informal panel discussion and Eddy Rhead of The Modernist Society will be joined by Dr Susan Atkin - Programme Leader of Fashion at Manchester School of Art, Phil Griffin - writer and curator and Frances Pritchard - Curator of Textiles at The Whitworth.

The Whitworth, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6ER

Free - just turn up