AFFLECKS

[celeste]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-60380417?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA




Manchester's iconic shopping arcade Afflecks is celebrating 40 years of welcoming shoppers through its doors.

The Northern Quarter venue houses independent shops known for selling vintage clothes, jewellery and records.

American singers Lady Gaga and Debbie Harry, the Spice Girls, actor Benedict Cumberbatch and Clash singer Joe Strummer have all shopped there.

The arcade, which was called Afflecks Palace for nearly 30 years, also has the UK's [size=inherit]last tape shop[/size].

Shopkeepers have told [size=inherit]BBC Radio Manchester[/size] how they are now "booming".

[celeste]

Glad it's still going though I've not been there for years,  unusual shops, music collectables,  I remember going to the top floor cafe and seeing lots of comfy sofas - would like to go there again

[celeste]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-60387843?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA


The Northern Quarter venue has long been a draw for free-thinkers and cultural pioneers and was an essential part of the rise of the city's Madchester music scene.

Its independent traders have also served everyone from Lady Gaga and Debbie Harry to the Spice Girls and Benedict Cumberbatch since it opened in 1982.

Sacha Lord, Greater Manchester's night-time economy adviser and the co-founder of Warehouse Project and Parklife festival, was a regular at the arcade when he was a teenager.