'Ian's ashes. Do not sell' reads the handwritten note sellotaped to the small brown urn. It's just about the only thing you can't buy in Empire Exchange, Manchester's most brilliantly bizarre shop.
But not so long ago that's exactly what happened. Ian's remains - co-founder Ian Stott who died in 2021 aged 64 - were sold to an unwitting customer for £3.
"She brought it back a couple of days later," laughs store manager Dave Ireland. "She thought it was someone's pet's ashes. I didn't even realise they'd gone! We gave her her three quid and put them back."
