The Free Trade Hall (Manchester)

The History ========= The original Free Trade Hall was built in 1838 on the corner of St Peter Street and Southmill Street, formally known as South Street. The original structure took the form of a temporary wooden hall which was built to hold protest meetings during the “Anti-Corn Law League” - the ordinary people protested against the 1846 Corn Laws as it was seen as a symbol of the dominant ruling aristocracy’s feudal power over them and of the suppliers' profiteering on the cost of the common man’s staple food. The present Free Trade Hall, the third structure, and now a permanent stone building, was built ...  Read the complete review