Zuby Fashions, Manchester – August 2013
Visited with NickUK
Excellent form by Host as usual in uncovering this little gem for us – thank god there’s still some real explorers out there! Having spent 7 years living in the city until last summer, it’s quite embarrassing to have this sort of place under your nose and be totally oblivious to it.
I met up with Nick and we paid for an hour’s parking on the site of the now demolished Hat & Feathers pub… we had plenty of time to spare. It’s a small building, with a history of being occupied by different small clothing manufacturers stretching back at least 30 years, seemingly occupying different floors of the building. I found about 5 different company names from quickly searching the address, with some court records indicating Zuby Fashions went into liquidation here as far back as 1986. I suspect loads of clothing and fashion-type firms have come and gone since.
The upper floors are full of pigeons and mountains of their associated poo. The ground floor is in better condition and has a real atmosphere. We didn’t even have a proper rummage around, but there were still loads just left strewn about all over the workshop.
The smell of derp followed us around all day after this one.
tweek
Visited with NickUK
Excellent form by Host as usual in uncovering this little gem for us – thank god there’s still some real explorers out there! Having spent 7 years living in the city until last summer, it’s quite embarrassing to have this sort of place under your nose and be totally oblivious to it.
I met up with Nick and we paid for an hour’s parking on the site of the now demolished Hat & Feathers pub… we had plenty of time to spare. It’s a small building, with a history of being occupied by different small clothing manufacturers stretching back at least 30 years, seemingly occupying different floors of the building. I found about 5 different company names from quickly searching the address, with some court records indicating Zuby Fashions went into liquidation here as far back as 1986. I suspect loads of clothing and fashion-type firms have come and gone since.
The upper floors are full of pigeons and mountains of their associated poo. The ground floor is in better condition and has a real atmosphere. We didn’t even have a proper rummage around, but there were still loads just left strewn about all over the workshop.
The smell of derp followed us around all day after this one.
tweek
