It was once the launchpad for a national department store chain, now the former Binns site in Sunderland’s High Street West will be fostering the musical and catering talents of young people.
Futureheads, Field Music, and Frankie & the Heart Strings, will kick off the first main gig at the former department store, which is being reincarnated as Pop Recs, a music and arts venue and community hub.
The Grade II-listed building opened as Binns haberdashery store in 1811, trading there for about 80 years. It later spent time as an ironmongers, and provided bedsits and a squat.
Now, after a £1m renovation which has taken three years to complete, the site houses a music venue, record shop, cafe, gallery and kitchen where young people can gain
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