Photographer Andy ‘Beezer’ Beese visited Manchester in 1986 from his hometown of Bristol and captured images of the club during its pre-Acid House period. The club took its name from a line in Ivan Chtcheglov’s situationist text ‘Formulary For A New Urbanism’: “You’ll never see the Haçienda; it doesn’t exist. The Haçienda must be built.”

The Haçienda was open every night and attracted a diverse group of customers, ranging from Punks and Perry Boys to Goths and students. Unusually, for a nightclub during that era, there was no dress code. It was a haven for the city’s misfits, a cold and cavernous space that often felt empty (and was). In its early years, the Haçienda, a former yacht showroom turned New York-style warehouse club, baffled many Mancunians before the arrival of Acid House and Ecstasy, which completely transformed the landscape of club culture.