If there's one street in Manchester that can lay claim to having the wildest back-story, surely Tib Street would be in the running.
Named after the River Tib, the tiny Northern Quarter street has a huge history. Tib Street – or to be precise – upper Tib Street, is now known for its independent bars and cafes.
However, it was once a hotspot for both pet shops and sex shops, with both seemingly disparate businesses happily co-existing. Early references to Tib Street by James Middleton in the Victorian age reference the former connection, describing it as "a perfectly adorable street, where natural history was taught by living examples...birds, dogs, rabbits, poultry displayed in the windows or outside the shops".
