The Haçienda | The People's Archive ®

A selection of our crowdsourced archive documenting the influential Factory Records owned Haçienda Nightclub, located in a former yacht showroom at 11-13 Whitworth Street West, Manchester.

Gay Traitor Hacienda, 1982
Friends in The Hacienda Gay Traitor Bar 1982.

Photo © Ian/The People’s Archive®

Gay Traitor Hacienda, 1982
The Hacienda Gay Traitor Bar 1982.

Photo © Ian/The People’s Archive®

Gay Traitor Hacienda, 1982
The Hacienda Gay Traitor Bar 1982.

Photo © Ian/The People’s Archive®

Gay Traitor Hacienda, 1982
The Hacienda Gay Traitor Bar 1982.

Photo © Ian/The People’s Archive®

The Hacienda, 1982.
The Haçienda, 1983.

Photo © Ian/The People’s Archive®

The Hacienda, Gay Traitor Bar, 1987.
The Hacienda, Gay Traitor Bar, 1987.

Photo © Darren Jones/The People’s Archive®

“Mancunian friends in the Gay Traitor bar in the basement of The Haçienda, Manchester, 1987.”

DJ Little Martin (Prendergast) in the Haçienda DJ booth, 1987.
DJ Little Martin (Prendergast) in the Haçienda DJ booth, 1987.

Photo © Martin Prendergast/The People’s Archive®

Outside The Hacienda, 1989.
Outside The Hacienda, 1989.

Photo © David Kilner/The People’s Archive®

David:”Taken outside The Haçienda in 1989 by a girl we used to hang out with called Naomi. This was directly outside the club as we left, hence the Spectrum flyer (there was always someone handing out flyers).

The Hacienda, 1980s.
The Hacienda, 1980s.

Photo © Rich/The People’s Archive®

The Hacienda, 1990.
The Haçienda, 1990.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

The Kitchen, Hulme, Manchester, 1989.
The Kitchen, Hulme, 1989.

Photo © David Kilner/The People’s Archive®

Post Haç at The Kitchen, Hulme, 1989. The Kitchen was a makeshift studio and after-hours nightclub which was on the top floor of Charles Barry Crescent, one of the four Hulme Crescents. It was just two flats that were knocked through with a sledgehammer!” DIY!

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