"You can see the community on the day that the boat went down, people who were passing started helping me"
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt was just last year when the canal record boat shop, Rubber Ducky Records, became filled with water, sinking as it travelled through the canals of Rochdale.
Around 1,000 vinyl records were destroyed as the 28ft boat slowly sank on the Rochdale Canal. But, the store reopened in the first week of this year to a public awaiting its exciting return.
Myles Greenwood, 27, owner of the Rubber Ducky, spoke to the M.E.N about its reopening. “It feels absolutely incredible, the first week back people kept asking me how I felt but I was just so busy.
We were fully booked so I was just making sure everything was going well, the boat was going fine and customers were happy. “After the last customer left on the first week on Saturday, I sat in my chair near the fire and just did a 10 minute happy cry.
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