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But it was on the stroke of Monday's dawn that throngs of revellers were able to set foot, mask-free, inside Manchester's clubbing spaces for the first time in 16 months.
It took barely minutes though for the city's revellers to get back into the nightclub swing - with a mixture of elation, excitement and relief as hundreds of people returned to let loose on the dance floor.
It is the first time since lockdown began that people have been allowed, legally, to set foot inside a nightclub. Without a mask, without social distancing, and without any
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