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New lease of life for historic former tobacco and sweet shop at Manchester Piccadilly

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direct to your inboxAn eyesore former shop beneath Manchester Piccadilly railway station is being brought back to life.In the 1950s, it was a bustling tobacco and sweet shop - a must-stop destination for passengers about to board their trains.And before that, in the 1890s, it was an antique store.Today the shop, which is built into an archway below the Station Approach bridge to Piccadilly on London Road, is a shadow of its former self.It was last used as a bookmakers.Graffiti now stains the rusting roller-shutter security doors.Network Rail however, who own the building, has announced a £50,000 project to restore the shop's facade, mirroring the restoration in 2019 of the front of the former shipping and goods office further down London.

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