Clock restoration ticks all the boxes
Manchester Evening News|September 13, 2024
MANCHESTER Town Hall’s landmark clock tower is visible for the first time in years after a loving restoration.
Clock restoration ticks all the boxes

The 280ft tower has been shrouded in scaffolding until recently as part of the multimillion-pound restoration of the Victorian grade-I listed Town Hall, which closed in 2018. Some 140 years of Mancunian grime and rain have been cleaned off the clock face.

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