But that was before it was `rescued' by Daniel Williams and Charlotte Keyworth Their new clothes shop has been furnished from junk reclaimed from across Manchester.
The Junk Shop, on Dale Street, in the Northern Quarter, has a counter made from washing-up bottles, a changing room created from a big old wardrobe with the back removed, and shelves from melted and reshaped CDs.
Owners Daniel and Charlotte, both 28, raided skips around Manchester for materials for their new venture, as well as sourcing from producers working with recyclables.
They met while studying fashion at Salford University and opened Junk Shop in West Didsbury in 2005. It sells vintage clothing. But their new branch takes the Junk Shop theme in a new direction.
Sustainable
Daniel said: "This shop has been lovingly furnished entirely from reusable materials, discarded and reclaimed, then given a new life in a sustainable environment.
"If anyone has seen two people taking stuff out of skips in the past few months, it was probably us! We've been driving around Manchester looking for materials to use.
"Our shop in Didsbury sells vintage clothing, but with the new one in the Northern Quarter we are actively looking for designers to create imaginative clothing from recycled and reclaimed materials.
"We've attempted to apply green ethics to modern trends.
"We have walls made from reclaimed doors and found a producer who makes plastic sheets from melted CDs for the shelves, which look fantastic when you shine a light on them. As well as clothes, there will be accessories made from reclaimed materials."
The shop opened on Saturday. To find out more visit junkshopuk.com
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ita another oxfam but dearer in my mind ,
what a load of rubbish they sell.
This isnt anything new people have done this for years infact quite a lot of people used to go tipraiding as a hobby until the council stopped people going onto their local tips.If you watch any skip for a few hours just watch people some even stop their cars and look into skips. Anyway well done to the girls for telling people its not a bad thing to recycle.
Good luck to them.
Crimechester: you clearly have never been to it nor, most likely, are you from the city. Run along...
At what point does removing things from a skip become theft? I think what they are doing is a good idea but I can't see they will be able to keep their shop stocked.
Nice to see something of interest in the northern quarter other than splodges of vomit and boarded up shops.
Count Bobelesque
What do you mean you cannot see them keeping their shop stocked? do you know how much stuff we throw out each week into skips Etc. They will never go short of clothes and stuff to sell...As long as we keep wasting stuff "As we do"