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Platt Chapel, 186 Wilmslow Road, Manchester
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First fasinating fact!:
869/870 AD - Nico Ditch a 6 mile iron age road is built alongside the boundaries of Murcia & Northumbria (passing the chapel's eventual resting place)...
Dug in a single night by the Citizens of Manchester, its purpose is to protect all against the imminent Viking invasion...
1699 - The original plot of land is bought for only £99!!!!!!
1720 - Non-conformist dissedents build the chapel in reaction to the established Church of England and the doctrine of the Trinity
1885 - Manchester Amateur Photographic Society is founded and begin to use the space, chronicling the changing face of Manchester over the past 250 years
1973 - Unitarian Church closes
1998 - Russell Leite Theatre School hire the premises
2004 - Building is left derelict for 5 years :(
Here it starts to get interesting!:
2008 - Real Estate company buy building in auction and bidding war begins for the control of leasehold...
NYE 08/09 - 9 students from Manchester's dream to return this site of heritage back to its former glories begins... Oh & one HUGE kick ass party goes down, yeeeha!!!!!
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