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Affleck's Palace to close....

I remember taking some people from my college in Crewe to Affleck's and some of them refusing to go in cause it looked scary :D :eek:
 
tangerinedream said:
a brew (in a proper mug) and a fag, starin out at the human traffic on Oldham Street and on that steps of that wierd methodist mission place opposite.
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*sigh* that brought back loads of happy memories of home.

Cheers :)
 
shame, i only went for the first time on friday, saw a really cute latex skirt with baby pink bows on the back :D £120 though:D
 
Sad news I suppose but past it's sell by date and not as good after the fire about 15 years ago. Can't see how it can be seen as 'counter culture' these days though.
 
chio said:
I remember taking some people from my college in Crewe to Affleck's and some of them refusing to go in cause it looked scary :D :eek:
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Who are these people? where do they live and where have they been? Talk about a bubble. Should've taken them to Maine Road via the back road (i.e. round past the Cornerhouse and the back of the uni), can't imagine their reaction then.
 
Wookey said:
PS: Sticking the North in with the Midlands can only have been done by a Welshman or a Southerner. I am not best pleased.
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We Derbians think of Ashbourne as the gateway to the North, and we're just down the road. You can see the "Derbyshire Hills" from Old Trafford, Richie Benaud sez so and he's never wrong.

So ner. I feel more Northern than anything else.

As for Leicester, yeah that's South :)

Anyway, as you were Mancs.
 
Spoke to a guy who I think owns (it's always him serving) one of the jewellry places on the first floor (Oldham street entrance -> up and round the stairs -> doors on your left before the poster shop -> at the back of that bit) while I was in there on the Saturday just gone. He said it's the first he heard of it.

Ended up feeling bad as he seemed really alarmed when I told him that I'd heard the place was shutting down.
 
My memories of late 80s/early 90s Afflecks Palace:
Eastern Bloc records were on the ground floor before they moved across the road. Justin Robertson, the DJ, worked there.
Factory Records had a concession selling merchandise - badges, T-Shirts etc. on one of the higher floors. All worth a fortune on eBay now.
My mate bought, over the course of one year (1989) 17 pairs of flares from the same stall there.
The shop selling "And on the the seventh day God created Manchester" tops on the ground floor.
 
carnt say I'm bothered by the close... afflecks used to be a real treasure trove of interesting stuff in the late 80's... but I hardly bother to go in now, it's all... I'll miss the caff tho...
 
grimble said:
My memories of late 80s/early 90s Afflecks Palace:
Eastern Bloc records were on the ground floor before they moved across the road. Justin Robertson, the DJ, worked there.
Factory Records had a concession selling merchandise - badges, T-Shirts etc. on one of the higher floors. All worth a fortune on eBay now.
My mate bought, over the course of one year (1989) 17 pairs of flares from the same stall there.
The shop selling "And on the the seventh day God created Manchester" tops on the ground floor.
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I remember that. Went back yesterday. It's a pale reflection now.
 
i cannot believe this! after the loss of quiggins despite the best efforts of the owner. i still cannot believe that a compulsory purchase order could be legally served for corporate gain.

this shit makes me sick to the stomach. is nowhere sacred?
 
Spoke to a guy who I think owns (it's always him serving) one of the jewellry places on the first floor (Oldham street entrance -> up and round the stairs -> doors on your left before the poster shop -> at the back of that bit) while I was in there on the Saturday just gone. He said it's the first he heard of it.

Ended up feeling bad as he seemed really alarmed when I told him that I'd heard the place was shutting down.
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I gave this story to the MEN newsdesk to look into, so I'll check back with them and see if anything has come of it.
 
I used to love the cafe on the top floor of aflecks, we spent hours up thre dealing with comedowns after Havok, and they let you smoke spliffs if you weren't too obvious about it :cool:
 
Affleck's used to be fab but last time I went in there it was just full of squeaky little teenage goffs - not impressed. I doubt I'll be too bothered if it does close. If the demand's there for something similar to how it used to be, it'll appear eventually.
 
I dunno, it might just be me, but there seems to be an increasing homogenisation to the shops in manc... everywhere's a chain, everywhere's a logo...

God bless the basement!
 
The Basement is :cool:

I have to say I agree there - there seems to be so little between the really cheap chain stores like Primark and the hideously expensive places flogging T shirts for £60 like Selfridges. Everywhere seems to sell the same pricey brands as well, even in the Northern Quarter! Last time I went shopping in Manchester I ended up getting a load of stuff from H&M :o

I do get a bit sick of the "oh Manchester's so trendy" stuff in the papers and on the radio - there's nothing trendy about wearing a £50 T shirt with Dolce and Gabbana across the front before going out to some identikit baaah to spend £6 a drink out of money you haven't got. A review of some new style bar on Galaxy the other day was followed seconds later by an ad for getting yourself out of £15,000 debts :rolleyes:

Anyway, off-topic rant over :mad:
 
chio said:
I remember taking some people from my college in Crewe to Affleck's and some of them refusing to go in cause it looked scary :D :eek:
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same college i went to :cool:
there has been rumours about afflecks closing for years.
 
Wookey said:
I gave this story to the MEN newsdesk to look into, so I'll check back with them and see if anything has come of it.
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Any news? My partner's kids will be naked without it! :confused:
 
Tacita said:
Any news? My partner's kids will be naked without it! :confused:
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Sorry Tacita, have been off work and otherwise occupied. I don't think we've printed a story on it, but I got the story off a freelance journo who's mates with the guy who runs the poster stall, who was told by the owner that the place was being converted into offices.

I don't want to push it too hard because I gave the tip to the newsdesk, from a conversation with this freelance, which is a bit cheeky really.:o :eek:
 
Sad news indeed and yet hardly a surprise - there have been whispers about this for many years and the value of properties in central Manc mean that this was ultimately inevitable.

I've got many fond memories of the pre-fire Afflecks and of the Corn Exchange too. The very diversity that has made Manchester the 'second city' is fast disappearing. Another one that has slipped quietly away is Band on the Wall... last I heard they were looking for another venue as the Swan Street building is worth a helluva lot of money.
 
Fuck I used to buy all sortsa stuff from Afflecks, shame its shutting, despite coming from Salford I dont bother with Manchester anymore even though i only live 20 miles away from it.
 
I left Manchester in 1996 and as I left one of my mates who is quite high up in the Planning sector of the Council told me that all the good bits of Manc around the Oldham street area were going to be transformed into some sot of yuppy coffee shops conveyer belt.

Its really sad what,s happening to Manc having its soul torn out, all this new development has got fuck all to with Mancunians and everything to with the influx of affluent money cunts
 
northernhoard said:
all this new development has got fuck all to with Mancunians and everything to with the influx of affluent money cunts
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couldn't agree more
it's turning into a fucking photocopy of 'anywhere'
homogenous town centres with a few differences here and there
I loved living in the city centre while I was there
glad I left when I did though (2.5years ago)
 
northernhoard said:
I left Manchester in 1996 and as I left one of my mates who is quite high up in the Planning sector of the Council told me that all the good bits of Manc around the Oldham street area were going to be transformed into some sot of yuppy coffee shops conveyer belt.

Its really sad what,s happening to Manc having its soul torn out, all this new development has got fuck all to with Mancunians and everything to with the influx of affluent money cunts
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A friend/former neighbour of mine from years ago opened a business in the Northern Quarter way back when. Rents were affordable because the area was quite run down. But then, because of the likes of her taking a risk and setting up businesses, the area started to regenerate and become more desirable. And then the greedy landlord put up the rent so she had to move the business.

Hardly seems fair that the people who take the risks and put in all the hard work get penalised for their efforts. :(
 
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