Manchester Town Hall
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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.
Allan Horsfall and other gay rights campaigners who lobbied for a change in the law for 40 years were honoured in a ceremony at Manchester Town Hall in October 2004.[3]
A celebration of the life of Allan Horsfall was held there in October 2012.
References
- ↑ {ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ydh3 "People's Palaces: The Building of Manchester Town Hall" BBC
- ↑ Clare Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Penguin Books, 2001, page 71
- ↑ http://gayfortoday.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/allan-horsfall.html
