image copyrightScience Museum GroupAn exhibition charting the rise of Factory Records from punk-inspired start-up to “influential force” has opened in the city it called home.
The Manchester label grew out of a club night, which started in 1978, and went on to find global success with bands like New Order and Happy Mondays.
Former manager Lesley Gilbert said there still being interest in the label would have surprised its founders.
Items such as a guitar used by Joy Division’s Ian Curtis will be shown.
The exhibition at the city’s Science and Industry Museum looks at the early years of the label, from its for…
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