TVs 'ripped from walls' and 'looting' at lost Manchester shopping centre's closing sale
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt's been nearly 10 years since a 'fire sale' held for the closing down of a Manchester shopping centre saw scenes compared by many to looting as glass was smashed, televisions ripped from the wall and shop shutters prised open.
The Triangle Shopping Centre opened in 2000 and was based in the historic Corn Exchange in Manchester city centre. After the Second World War, the stunning Edwardian building had fallen into disuse, but in 1976 new life had been injected back into it by the arts.
It was used by The Royal Exchange Theatre Company and as a filming location for Granada Television in Brideshead Revisited. Over time, it became a marketplace again until 1996, when the building was devastated by the blast of an IRA bomb which exploded nearby. Read More: Wide-eyed Sainsbury's shoppers on opening day of now lost Manchester supermarket The glass dome was blown in and there was extensive structural damage, meaning many businesses were forced to move to new premises.
The subsequent renovation involved replacing around 800 window frames and the use of 1,700 square metres of glass to repair the building’s famous glass-domed roof.
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