Hallé St Peter's
Restored brick Victorian church with a Romanesque tower, now an orchestra's rehearsal and concert hall.
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This guide to Hallé St Peter's in Manchester's Ancoats starts with a brick Anglican church consecrated in eighteen sixty in a district of Catholic migrants. It follows the Italians of Little Italy, the ice cream sellers of the surrounding streets, and a health scare over the glass dishes they served from. Stand at the corner of Blossom Street and Murray Street, facing the tower.
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