The Chase shop at 58 Oldham Street specializes in, "bulk buying musical instruments overstocked by manufacturers and distributors from all over the world.  So you get the pick of the world’s best musical instruments at virtually wholesale prices."   When I took this image in February of 2011 it could hardly be described as an inspiring building.  The "cladding on the facade hides the fact that it was once two buildings.

In the early years of the 20th Century the red building next door was occupied by a Marks and Spencer Penny Bazaar and number 56 and 58 were incorporated into a shop owned by Abel Heywood.  The shop was an outlet for stationary and Heywood's printing business.  Abel Heywood was a prominent Manchester businessman who was the Lord Mayor of Manchester on two occassions, from 1862 - 1863 and 1876 - 1877.  The clock bell that you hear chiming from the Town Hall tower is called Great Abel in his honour.  If you click on the link below you can see his store in 1910.

Abel Heywood's shop - 1910