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The design would also have doubled as a memorial to casualties of the First World War. The competition, which had over 100 entrants, some of whom were already well-established architects, was held in 1925 by Manchester Council to fill the space left by the demolition of Manchester Royal Infirmary. A reporter for the Lancashire Daily Post listed the win as Webber's "first great success" and the moment when he jumps from "comparative obscurity to a position

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