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Sackville Street, MANCHESTER, M1 3NJ

View looking up Sackville Street in Manchester.

In 1928 Velvet House was a vacant warehouse opposite the main entrance to UMIST. The building was rented by the University and adapted to provide a home for departments including Municipal Engineering and Building. http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/teaching/civil/historic_construction/maps/umist.php Originally it was one of a number of packing warehouses built in the 1900s http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/why-was-cotton-so-important-in-north-west-england/places/manchester-warehouses.html Now it has been converted into offices and apartments. Image Image

Detail of the doorway to Velvet House Image

Detail of the name above the doorway to Velvet House Image

Sackville Street in Manchester.

Fantastic former warehouse of red brick and Portland stone stripes. Art Nouveau touches and windows deeply set between moulded piers. By G.H. Goldsmith, 1908. Grade II listed. It is now flats.

This larger than life-sized model of a bottle of Vimto, surrounded by the fruits used in its manufacturer stands on the site of 49 Granby Row, the original premises where Vimto was first created by John Noel Nicholls in 1908. It was advertised as a herbal tonic which would give drinkers "vim and vigour", hence the name "Vim Tonic", shortened to "Vimto" in 1912. The monument, made from burnished wood, was sculpted in 1992 by Kerry Morrison. The plaque Image next to it reads A MONUMENT TO VIMTO by Kerry Morrison 1992 Stained Oak taken from a sustainable forest John Noel Nichols mixed his first batch of VIMTO at 19 Granby Row in 1908. This sculpture on the site of the building was commisioned [sic] at J.N. Nichols (Vimto) plc. It was restored and repainted in 2011. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/archive/list/item/?id=7415&year=2011&month=09

This larger than life-sized model of a bottle of Vimto, surrounded by the fruits used in its manufacturer stands on the site of 49 Granby Row, the original premises where Vimto was first created by John Noel Nicholls in 1908. It was advertised as a herbal tonic which would give drinkers “vim and vigour”, hence the name “Vim Tonic”, shortened to “Vimto” in 1912. The monument, made from burnished wood, was sculpted in 1992 by Kerry Morrison (Image]). It was restored and repainted in 2011. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/archive/list/item/?id=7415&year=2011&month=09 Famous Vimto monument gets a makeover (Manchester University) http://www.nicholsplc.co.uk/ourhistory.aspx JN Nicholls plc History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimto Wikipedia article about Vimto http://www.vimto.co.uk/ Vimto.co.uk

Stands on the site of the original Vimto factory. Viewed from a passing train.