Peace, Earth and Freedom!

Radical Bookfair in Manchester

Saturday 8th December, 12-7pm, 
Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick St., Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HS

With the demise of independent bookshops across the country there is a need for places to get the books they don't stock at Waterstones!

Manchester's radical bookfair will focus on books relating to Peace, Ecology and Radical Social Change. There will also be speakers on a range of topics, local campaigns and practical issues.

It will be held at MERCi, a centre for ecological and social sustainability in North Manchester.

If it is successful this bookfair will happen several times a year. Contact us if you want to have a stall, suggest a speaker or want to provide some veggie food.

For more information about the bookfair e-mail ludred@hotmail.com or phone 0161 273 1736

DIRECTIONS:
Getting to Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick St, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 7HR

MERCi is situated in Ancoats, a fifteen minute walk east of the city centre. It is situated on the Ashton Canal. The nearest train station is Manchester Piccadilly.

Travelling by car.
Make for Great Ancoats St (the inner relief road) east of Piccadilly Train station. Then travel out of the city centre up Old Mill St (on the corner is an Argos superstore). Travel up Old Mill St, past Ancoats Hospital on the right until you come to a set of traffic lights at the cross-roads of Butler St, Beswick St, and Bradford Rd. Turn right down Beswick St, immediately over the canal bridge is the MERCi building on the right.

Parking
There is one space on Spectator St, or park on Pollard St or Piercy St.

Walking
Follow the instructions for travelling by car or during the day it is recommended ( as it is quiet and picturesque) to walk along the Ashton Canal. It takes 15 20 minutes.

From Piccadilly Train station turn right down the hill, them right up Ducie St. After the bridge on your right, turn right and drop onto the Ashton Canal at paradise Wharf. Turn left, and continue past Piccadilly Village and under Great Ancoats St. After you go past the cobbled bridge by the British Waterways cottage take an immediate left onto Vesta St, and out onto the main road. Turn right and keep walking until the traffic lights, then turn right again this is Beswick St and the MERCi building is on the right immediately after the bridge.

By Bus
A bus leaves Piccadilly Gardens every three minutes for Ancoats during the day it takes about 7 minutes. Board the no., 216 bus outside Nobles Amusements Arcade, ask for the Mitchell Arms pub. Get off just after you see the pub on the left on Ashton New Road (before the Commonwealth Games Stadium) and turn left. Take an immediate right up Beswick St and continue up the hill. After the second road on the left (Spectator St) you will find the entrance to Bridge 5 Mill.