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		+	A celebration of the life of [[Allan Horsfall]] was held there in October 2012.
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Manchester Town Hall is the headquarters of Manchester City Council. It was completed in 1877, and is in a Gothic revival style, which was then considered modern, in contrast to the neoclassical architecture favoured by Liverpool.^[1] The council had called for a building "equal if not superior, to any similar building in the country at any cost which may be reasonably required"^[2]

LGBT history

Manchester Town Hall is one of the stopping places on the Manchester LGBT Heritage Trail and has been marked by a rainbow mosaic set into the pavement outside.

A celebration of the life of Allan Horsfall was held there in October 2012.

References

1. ↑ {ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ydh3 "People's Palaces: The Building of Manchester Town Hall" BBC
2. ↑ Clare Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Penguin Books, 2001, page 71