A lost venue where gig-goers 'run the gauntlet' both getting there and once inside is said to have been the birthplace of punk in Manchester.
A mile or so outside the city centre, the Electric Circus was a live music venue in Collyhurst on the corner of Teignmough Street and Collyhurst Street.
Described as a "seminal venue for punk rock in the 1970s", the building was originally the Palace Cinema and the Top Hat Club run by Bernard Manning, then later a bingo hall.
In the earlier part of the 1970s, the venue became renowned as a heavy metal club, that was until punk arrived at its doors in 1976.
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