Wedding in the Manchester Town Hall.

The Manchester Town Hall is without doubt home to some of the grandest function suites in the North West of England. The building of the Town Hall (1868 - 77) was designed in the thirteenth century Gothic style but it was, in Waterhouse's words, a building "essentially of the nineteenth century." It incorporated such innovations as a warm air heating system. The structure comprises fourteen million bricks encased in spinkwell stone. The exterior of the Town Hall, which is now a Grade One listed building, bears some notable sculptures.

Centrally placed is the imposing 280 foot high clock tower.  The clock mechanism was made by Gillet and Bland, and was started on New Year's Day 1879.  The inscription on the three clock faces which are visible from Albert Square reads "Teach us to number our Days."  There are 24 bells in the tower; the Great Hour Bell weighs 8 ton and 2 cwt and is called Great Abel, named after Abel Heywood, the Mayor at the time of the official opening.  He laid the pinnacle stone of the spire on December 4th 1875.  The formal opening ceremony took place on 13 September 1877.

The night featured a dj set by legendary Manchester DJ Dave Haslam (Hacienda, Yellow) We installed a 5k Blacka Acoustics DJ rig and as you can see below the night was a complete success.