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Join us to find out from industrial archaeologist Steve Little about what happened to sewage and waste in Manchester in the 19th century.

Food and drink inevitably becomes poo so this talk looks at the other end of the exhibition Dining In's exploration of consumption and eating. How did the waste from humans and animals get disposed off and who by? How did cholera epidemics start and fester in Manchester? And why did it take so long to clean up the city? Not for the faint hearted, in this talk Steve Little explores how the festering pits of Manchester became sanitised and why.