We’ve had some lovely feedback from our customers – see some of the snippets below:

For tour guide Jean Bailo

“Thanks Jean, we have some super photographs and the students feel very inspired, so a great success all round. Thank you.” RG

18-01-2012

“Many many thanks for your expertise yesterday. The members really enjoyed the trip and the information you gave us enhanced the visit. We hope that we can return shortly.” AL/LC/ER U3A

Listen to Jean talking about the River Irwell boat tour here.

For tour guide Anne Beswick

16-11-2011

“I recently went on the Toilet Tour and have to say how much I enjoyed it. It was excellent. I have told lots of people about the tours. John and Anne were fabulous. Fun, interesting, friendly, excellent. ” GF

04-05-2011

“Hi, I just wanted to say we had a brilliant time on the tour on Sunday. Anne was very informative and very interesting, I don’t know how she can remember it all. We were a group of all ages from 18 to 64 and we all equally had a great time. We will definately be going on the other tour you have running when we can all make it. Please pass on my comments and appreciation. Many Thanks” SB

For tour guide Kate Dibble

“Hi Kate, thanks for a lovely afternoon. Forgot to tell u that it was great, just the right balance of cycling and information. Have a good evening.” P

For tour guide Emma Fox

25-09-2011

“Thanks Emma, we got lots out of the tour and we intend to use this in work in school. All the children enjoyed your talk and your planning and assistance made the trip” DM

27-08-2011

“we both really enjoyed it. Brought parts of the city to life we never would have seen otherwise. Cheers.” TG

28-07-2011

“I really enjoyed your talk on Tuesday. I love the blend of architectural and historical knowledge, and your stories were fascinating and very entertaining.

I’ll look forward to some of your other tours, do please keep me informed. And I’ve already started recommending your tours to family and friends!” CS

26-07-2011

“We really enjoyed our afternoon with you and the pint in the Marble Arch was the icing on the cake. Thanks for showing us the Manchester we didn’t know was there.” LL

23-05-2011

“I have walked with you a couple of times before most recently on the 12th of April “Show me Deansgate” and previously “Show me Victorian Manchester”. You convey your knowledge and enthusiasm for your subjects so well.” NH

20-05-2011

Listen to Emma talking about her Chorlton Arts Festival walk here.

Slide the bar to around the halfway point.

03-04-2011

“Hi Emma, Thanks for the fab tour on Tuesday.  As discussed will you kindly put me on your mailing list” EW

30-03-2011

“Hello Emma, Great walk yesterday.  Really enjoyed it.” YD

31-01-2011

“Hi Emma, Thanks for your message – we all loved it! You may be pleased to know that you personally received a very warm review over lunch in terms of your ability to engage your audience, your engaging style and evident passion for your subject… I’m really pleased with how the whole day went, and the tour was certainly a big part of the overall success. Thanks for your tweet too. Very best.” LM

26-11-2010

“Hi Emma, I would like to thank you for a very interesting Gangs of Manchester Tour yesterday.  You are obviously very knowledgeable about Manchester and Salford in the 19th Century and it was great to hear so many interesting stories. Despite the bitterly cold weather I could have carried on longer because everything you had to say was so fascinating!   I have been on several Manchester tours and this one is by far the best.  Hope to see you on another one in the not too distant future!” JB

27-07-2010

“Walk was awesome Emma. Loved it very informative and interesting.” GH

21-03-2010

“Hi Emma, well done for another excellent walk, plus the venue and relaxation as a group at the end. That was an inspired bonus. See you again before long.” MB

For tour guide Helen Freeborough

30-11-2011

“I would particularly like to thank my Guide Helen, who walked me round the city centre on Sunday afternoon. She is hugely knowledgeable, and explained history, geography, politics and philosophy with humour and clarity. Her enthusiasm was infectious, and she was unstinting in her time – what started as a two hour walk actually became three, and I came away feeling that I had rediscovered Manchester” DA, journalist

10-12-2011

“We’ve just had a superb tour of Manchester Town Hall lead by Green Badge Tour Guide Helen Freeborough. She was utterly charming, entertaining and her knowledge of the building and of the city of Manchester and its history was simply amazing. Generous in her time and we came away wowed” S & BH

12-12-2011

“Helen took me up the Town Hall Clock Tower and her enthusiasm was a joy to behold”

08-01-2012

“Dear Helen, Thank you for giving us a fabulous day. In particular in spending the extra time with us at the end of the official tour. It is much appreciated.
I’m sending you some of my photographs from earlier – couple of lovely ones of you showing your enthusiasm which is quite contagious.
We have our weekly society meeting on Wednesday and so we will look at our best images from our marvellous day and send onto you.
Many thanks again” PN, Photographic Society.

10-01-2012

“Helen, what a wonderful guide you are. I’m truly inspired. Thank you so much for the Town Hall clock tower tour last night, I really enjoyed myself. What a view!” Andrew Savill, Director, WRG.

For tour guide Suzanne Hindle

24-02-2012

“I have just been walking the backstreets of Ancoats with Suzanne Hindle and what a splendid six quids worth.  If you are seeking feedback, it was an excellent tour with a lady passionate about her subject, loved it”

28-02-2012

EXCEPTIONALLY INTERESTING TOWN HALL GUIDED TOUR

“On a dull and cool Sunday Hubby and I decided to do something we’d been promising ourselves to do for years – a tour round Manchester Town Hall. We knew it was a marvellous Gothic style building with a very interesting history and always wanted to look inside and find out more about it. We saw a guided tour advertised in the Manchester Evening News and popped along for 11 am on Sunday to see if we could join it. You are really advised to book in advance but we were lucky as the Guide fitted us in with about 20 other people. The cost was £6 (£5 for seniors) which we thought was money well spent. The Tour Guide, Suzanne Hindle, was brilliant with full knowledge of the history of the Town Hall and it’s past inhabitants. If you do a Manchester tour (www.amanchestertour.co.uk) try and get one with Suzanne as the guide as she was first class. The tour lasted 90 full minutes and took in a short walk outside and then it was inside, where we were treated to the splendours of the architecture and history of various rooms and chambers. We were even taken to the triangular courtyard in the middle of the Town Hall which is never seen by most folk. This area and many of the interior areas are constantly being used for film and TV dramas, the latest being The Iron Lady. This tour is well worth doing and an exceptional way to see the inside of one of the magnificent old buildings in Manchester. Next time you get the chance do it!” patsyd Reviewed 28 February 2012 on TripAdvisor

For tour guide Sue McCarthy

20-03-2012

“Just wanted to drop you a small note to say thank you for the fabulous ‘walk around’ tour of Manchester. It was very enlightening to learn about the various sites and the backdrop you provided made for an interesting tour.” CR, HSBC

25-07-2011

“Hi, the tour was a fabulous success and what a gem you have in Sue she is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic, so much so I found I was quoting facts about Manchester later in the day to absolute strangers.
All the party thoroughly enjoyed it.
So thanks for your excellent choice.” PL

For tour guide Peter O’Grady

Watch Peter talking about his Northern Quarter guided walk here.

For tour guide John Ryan

16-11-2011

“I recently went on the Toilet Tour and have to say how much I enjoyed it. It was excellent. I have told lots of people about the tours. John and Anne were fabulous. Fun, interesting, friendly, excellent. “ GF

For tour guide Elizabeth Sibbering (Sibby)

25-09-2011

“I enjoyed your Discover Manchester walk, in fact it was an inspiration” CP

Watch Sibby talking about her LGBT ‘Over the Rainbow’ guided walk here.

Please do email us your feedback & tour photos: info@manchesterguidedtours.com