I saw the mention of The Beehive in Swinton
in that original Bruce Everiss post. I did actually go there once, about a week before it got raided. It must have been about 1986 and was the most blatant display of piracy I have ever seen. A pub back-room full of blokes swapping disks full of cracked games for Amigas and STs.

The story of Imagine never fails to amuse me. What the hell were they thinking?

Edit: I had a copy of Alchemist, too.