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[[File:NHWLRC plaque.jpg|thumb|left|The plaque on Church House]]The Bishop of Manchester (Rt Revd David Walker), together with the Lord Mayor (Councillor Susan Cooley), unveiled a plaque outside [[Church House, Manchester|Church House]], Deansgate, Manchester, where the original meeting had taken place on 7 October 1964. Also taking part were [[Paul Martin]] | [[File:NHWLRC plaque.jpg|thumb|left|The plaque on Church House]]The Bishop of Manchester (Rt Revd David Walker), together with the Lord Mayor (Councillor Susan Cooley), unveiled a plaque outside [[Church House, Manchester|Church House]], Deansgate, Manchester, where the original meeting had taken place on 7 October 1964. Also taking part were [[Paul Martin]], CEO of the [[Lesbian and Gay Foundation]] and [[Peter Scott-Presland]], who is writing the official history of CHE. | ||
In the afternoon, representatives of CHE and the local LGBT community were entertained to tea by the Lord Mayor in Manchester Town Hall. | In the afternoon, representatives of CHE and the local LGBT community were entertained to tea by the Lord Mayor in Manchester Town Hall. | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 9 October 2014
The 50th anniversary of the founding of CHE was celebrated in Manchester on 7 October 2014, 50 years to the day from the first public meeting of the North-Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee, which in due course became the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE).
Plaque unveiling
The Bishop of Manchester (Rt Revd David Walker), together with the Lord Mayor (Councillor Susan Cooley), unveiled a plaque outside Church House, Deansgate, Manchester, where the original meeting had taken place on 7 October 1964. Also taking part were Paul Martin, CEO of the Lesbian and Gay Foundation and Peter Scott-Presland, who is writing the official history of CHE.
In the afternoon, representatives of CHE and the local LGBT community were entertained to tea by the Lord Mayor in Manchester Town Hall.
And in the evening during the annual Homo Heroes Awards ceremony, CHE received the Alan Turing Memorial Award 2014.