Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and about A year ago today, the world was flipped on its head, and - although we didn't know it at the time - the nation was staring down the barrel of a year of life-altering restrictions.
On March 20, 2020, the Prime Minister ordered the closure of all pubs, bars and restaurants, just days before the whole country was put into a full stay-at-home lockdown.
High streets fell silent in both city centres and tiny villages, and the shutters came down on hospitality businesses. After a while, Manchester's brilliant restaurant operators adapted, with new takeaway offerings, cook-at-home recipe boxes and initiatives to feed the most vulnerable of
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