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One of Manchester’s most-loved attractions is suffering ‘substantial damages to its building’, bosses have confirmed.

The People’s History Museum (PHM) is rated as TripAdvisor’s sixth-best ‘thing to do’ in Manchester, bringing in more than 125,000 visitors annually.

Despite its popularity, the Spinningfields museum has suffered from ‘persistent leaks that are causing substantial damage to the building fabric’, caused by an ageing roof, a new planning application reveals.

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Although PHM has applied for planning permission to re-roof the grade-II listed Edwardian pump house, bosses say they cannot go ahead with the work unless they get necessary ‘capital funding’

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