Jamie Nicholson had just moved into a four-bed flat on the top floor of Hulme's Charles Barry Crescent. It was a big place for someone living on their own.
But for what he had in mind he needed even more room. His solution was simple. Without asking permission, Jamie, who died earlier this month aged 60, knocked down the wall to the adjoining flat and The Kitchen recording studio - and a key part of counter-culture Manchester - was born.
Hulme Crescents in the mid-80s was the type of place where two council flats could be knocked together without anyone batting an eyelid. READ MORE: 'Like the last days of the Roman Empire': What it was like to party at the Kitchen, Hulme's notorious after-hours acid house club At the time Europe's largest housing estate was crumbling and largely derelict.
The council had stopped charging rent and to all intents and purposes the vast concrete blocks had been abandoned by the authorities.
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