Our Town Hall – Portraits of a Workforce

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Black & White image of a young women wearing hi-viz clothes and a hard hat standing by a rough brick wall
Image: MCC/Barrie Leech

An exhibition celebrating the skills and diversity of the team that is delivering the Our Town Hall project. Photographer Barrie Leech has documented the project over the last six years to produce these stunning images.

Everyone working on the project has their own personal perspective on the building and the exhibition gives an insight into what working on the project has meant to this unique workforce.

Alongside the words of the workers themselves, 30 large portraits and 60 contextual images show the pride this modern team has discovered in being able to lovingly restore, and give new life to, the work of the forgotten workforce who went before them.

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St Peter's Square
Manchester,
Greater Manchester,
M2 5PD

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