Harry Styles fans flock to walking tours in village where he grew up

  • 3 months ago
More than 5,000 Harry Style fans have descended on the quaint village of Holmes Chapel in the past year to see where the 'Sign of the Times' singer grew up.

A 'Harry's Home Tour' was even created by The Holmes Chapel Partnership, where supporters can visit the bakery and and where he had his first kiss.
Transcript
00:00My name's Ben, I'm 16 years old, and I'd like to welcome you all to the Harry's Home Village Tour.
00:05The tour today will entail a two and a half hour walk through the village,
00:08seeing loads of structures that are really linking to the background of Harry Styles.
00:12We'll start at the train station, where we'll speak to Station Master Graham,
00:15and he's happy to share all his insight with Harry.
00:17We'll then walk to Samdale's, our base for the tour,
00:20where we'll pick up all sorts of key equipment for the tour ahead.
00:23We'll then head to Mandeville's, where you can meet the team there
00:26and look at all the things Harry related, and buy lots of pastries.
00:29We'll then walk down to the Twemlow Viaduct, which is obviously the big Harry mecca,
00:33which everybody comes to see.
00:35You'll get to see where he wrote his name on the wall, write a heart and place it there.
00:39We'll then take the tour back to Samdale's, where we'll finish in the village.
00:42So what they're doing here at the moment is writing on the slate hearts
00:45that we're going to leave at the viaduct.
00:47It's to stop the graffiti at the viaduct, because obviously it's illegal,
00:50and we want to create a sea of hearts instead for Harry,
00:53and everyone can write their own messages,
00:55and we'll just leave them there for Harry to see one day, hopefully.
00:58We've always wanted to come, haven't we, since X Factor days.
01:01We've always wanted to visit, and then it was my birthday this week,
01:04so my sister booked it all for me, which has been really exciting.
01:07I'm Ben McCormick, I'm 16 years old, and I'm local from Holmes Chapel.
01:10We would like to all formally welcome you to our village,
01:13and we are really excited to give you Harry's Home Village Tour.
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