GIVE US THE BACKGROUND - WHEN AND WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO OPEN A RECORD SHOP?

It’s been a dream of mine (Ben) since I was a teenager to own a record shop. Back then it was very much a pipe dream, with no financial stability or experience of the world. Twenty-five years later, my love for records never dwindled. My partner (Louise) and I would spend hours, trawling record shops throughout the UK and across the globe and every holiday we had, we’d hunt down nooks and crannies to find any sign of a record shop. One day, with my pipe dream still niggling at the back of my mind, I half-jokingly suggested to Louise that we open a record store together. Fast forward six months and my dream came true. On 29th June 2019, we opened the doors to Wax and Beans in our local town of Bury.