A couple bought an abandoned Victorian train station before transforming it into a holiday cottage having no idea it was the scene of one of Oasis' most famous record covers.
Tim Collis, 58, and husband Ryan Phelps, 53, purchased the derelict master house and waiting room at Cromford Railway Station in Derbyshire for £390,000.
But it was only when they got inside their new home and saw the artwork for Oasis' first number one Some Might Say that they realised they had purchased a piece of Britpop history.
The Grade II-listed station is featured on the cover of one of Oasis' most famous singles which was released in 1995 and helped shoot them to superstardom.
In the photo, Liam Gallagher can be seen waving from the railway bridge while brother Noel is sprinkling a watering can on the platform below.
Tim said enquires for bookings had "gone supersonic" since news of the reunion was announced while fans have been flocking there for selfies and to recreate the cover.
And he revealed despite being an Oasis fan, he did not know about the historic building's connection with the band until after he bought it.
Tim Collis, 58, and husband Ryan Phelps, 53, purchased the derelict master house and waiting room at Cromford Railway Station in Derbyshire for £390,000.
But it was only when they got inside their new home and saw the artwork for Oasis' first number one Some Might Say that they realised they had purchased a piece of Britpop history.
The Grade II-listed station is featured on the cover of one of Oasis' most famous singles which was released in 1995 and helped shoot them to superstardom.
In the photo, Liam Gallagher can be seen waving from the railway bridge while brother Noel is sprinkling a watering can on the platform below.
Tim said enquires for bookings had "gone supersonic" since news of the reunion was announced while fans have been flocking there for selfies and to recreate the cover.
And he revealed despite being an Oasis fan, he did not know about the historic building's connection with the band until after he bought it.
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00:00So Tim, Tim Collies from Cromford here in Derbyshire.
00:29We bought it in 2007 and it was completely derelict on a national register called the
00:34at-risk register which means it's in danger of falling down, that's the sort of state
00:38it was in.
00:39There was no glass on the windows, there was holes in the roof and the interior was completely
00:43missing so it was just a shell inside.
00:46No it isn't, the single, second single some might say, no it isn't and in fact we bought
00:51the property for the house not the cottage and so we've seen the house a couple of times
00:56when we actually moved into the house and we found the seven-inch version of that single
01:01framed in the dining room.
01:03So we knew then that there was a connection between that and the Oasis some might say
01:07single.
01:08Obviously since they announced, I mean people know, people have known for a while, we've
01:12had the odd person coming around, the odd enquirer but since the band announced their
01:17tour and they get back together again we've had loads of enquiries.
01:20Holiday Cottage, two websites we're on, people deal with long weekends or a full week, whatever
01:27the guest wants to do really, we just work around the guests.
01:30Lots booking next year around the concert times, we aren't that far from Manchester.