Former Co-operative Department Store, Newton Heath
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Former Co-operative Department Store, Newton Heath
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 28 Feb 2009
Until the 1960s, this building was a major Co-op retail store, worth my mother travelling a couple of miles to visit for "outfits". I mainly remember being fascinated by the manually operated lifts, complete with brown-coated attendant. The store was killed by more modern supermarkets and now caters for more basic tastes, judging by the posters.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.502493
Longitude
-2.183286