If you were an 'alternative' kid in Liverpool in the '80s and '90s then you will understand the devastating loss felt by many when the original Quiggins market closed.
Opened on the corner of School Lane in Liverpool city centre in 1986, it became a hangout for the city's goths, punks, metalheads, skaters and ravers. The unforgettable smell of incense hit you as soon as you walked through the doors to Quiggins, whose delights were spread over four floors.
The market was home to antique dealers, tattooists, jewellery makers, alternative fashion labels, rare record sellers and anything else with a leftfield sensibility, similar to Affleck's Palace in Manchester. In 2003 the ECHO wrote: "Then there's antique furniture and interior stores, an art gallery, a specialist shoe shop, a barber's, a hairdresser's - and stalls for tarot card readings and tattoos. Basically, you can buy anything from a coffin to a candelabra."
