The Scuttlers: New tour coming autumn 2026

Ahead of the launch of my new book about the scuttlers next spring, I'm starting a new walking tour with the first few walks coming this autumn

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July 2026

🚨Big news: My new book The Scuttlers is coming!

The Scuttlers: The True Story of Manchester's Most Feared Gangs will be published by HarperNorth on 6 May 2027 and is available to pre-order now.

Jul 9 • Dean Kirby

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February 2026

Cooking my Nan's dinners: chicken soup

Watch me cook one of my favourite dinners growing up: my Nan's chicken soup

Feb 22 • Dean Kirby

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The Northern Quarter's gambling hells

Manchester's trendiest quarter was once awash with backstreet betting houses. When 400 police officers carried out a raid in 1885, it caused chaos.

Feb 13 • Dean Kirby

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The Earthquake Thieves

It's the early hours on 9 November 1852 and families across Manchester have the sensation that thieves are breaking into their homes

Feb 6 • Dean Kirby

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January 2026

Trotters and tripe

How Victorian gutter merchants made a killing selling street food to drunks on their way home from the pub

Jan 30 • Dean Kirby

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December 2025

Merry Christmas from the Manchester History Club

Thank you for your support in 2025 - there's lots to come from me in 2026

Dec 19, 2025 • Dean Kirby

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November 2025

Lost beneath the ice

It's the cold winter of 1813 and in Manchester the River Irwell has frozen over. A school teacher named Lavinia Robinson has gone missing. Will she be…

Nov 22, 2025 • Dean Kirby

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Manchester history tour plans for next year

If you came on my Angel Meadow tour this year, thank you. I have some big plans for next year.

Nov 5, 2025 • Dean Kirby

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September 2025

Cooking my Nan’s dinners: Tater ash

Watch me cook my Nan’s tater ash and hear about the Norwegian origins of scouse

Sep 19, 2025 • Dean Kirby

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August 2025

The killer of little mule spinners

Reaching over the machines to repair broken threads of cotton, the mule spinners of Manchester and Lancashire were falling victim to a silent killer

Aug 29, 2025 • Dean Kirby

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The Manchester beer poisoning scandal

Hundreds of people became sick and dozens died before deadly arsenic was found in the city's beer supply

Aug 2, 2025 • Dean Kirby

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