Αξίας 1,6 εκκατομυρίων δολαρίων.. Τύχη- βουνό είχε ο σεφ Τζέιμι Όλιβερ ο οποίος όταν αποφάσισε να ανακαινίσει μια παλιά τράπεζα για να στήσει εκεί το νέο του εστιατόριο, ανακάλυψε έναν αμύθητο θησαυρό στο υπόγειο.
Ο Τζέιμι είχε εντοπίσει εδώ και καιρό το κτίριο που κάποτε στέγαζε μια τράπεζα και θεώρησε πω αποτελούσε το ιδανικό σημείο για να ανοίξει το νέο του εστιατόριο στο Μάντσεστερ.
Όταν όμως ξεκίνησαν τα κατασκευαστικά, οι εργάτες εντόπισαν σε ένα από τα υπόγεια του κτιρίου ένα δωμάτιο γεμάτο με τραπεζικές θυρίδες και ειδοποίησαν τις αρχές. 
Μεταξύ άλλων οι θυρίδες είχαν από χρυσά αντικείμενα, νομίσματα και κοσμήματα η συνολική αξία των οποίων ξεπερνά το 1,5 εκατομμύρια ευρώ, μέχρι παλιές μπομπίνες με σπάνιες ηχογραφήσεις των New Order και Joy Division, η αξία των οποίων θεωρείται ανεκτίμητη.
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King of King Street: The Grade II listed building, formerly a Midland Bank, was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1928
The vaults: HSBC was unable to take the safe deposit boxes with them because of the building's Grade II listed status, so they will now be a feature in the restaurant
The vaults: HSBC was unable to take the safe deposit boxes with them because of the building's Grade II listed status, so they will now be a feature in the restaurant
A spokesman for HSBC added: 'We were moving to a new site and wanted to transfer the safe deposit boxes.
'However [because the building is a Grade II listed building] National Heritage said we were unable to take the actual boxes with us, because they were part of the structure.
'At no point were drills used to break them open - we just used the keys we had.
'The owners would have been contacted and the contents transferred to secure storage at the new site.'
Jamie Oliver's team acquired the property in 2010 and started work on the site in March 2011.
An excerpt from Oliver's website reads: 'The basement vault room has wall to wall original safety deposit boxes where the people of Manchester stored their heirlooms, mementos and collectables since the building's completion in 1935.
Original features: Jamie Oliver's team acquired the property in 2010 and started work on the site in March 2011
Secure: Signs of the building's former status as a bank are still visible throughout the site
Ornate: The railing on the staircase still bears the logo for the Midland Bank, which is opened as in 1935
'Our designers and architects have been visiting the vault room since March 2011, and regardless of who they're with they can't resist 'checking' at least one safety deposit box for any unclaimed goods.'
Oliver's restaurant will be spread over three levels, with the bank's old ground floor banking hall, mezzanines antechambers in the old clerks' offices and the basement vault room all being transformed.
The diner opens this week in Manchester City Centre, next to the restaurant owned by Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand.
In a statement on his website, Oliver said: 'I've wanted to open a Jamie's Italian in Manchester for years but we've never found the right location, until now.
'It's going to be a wonderful place to eat and one of the jewels in the Jamie's Italian collection.'
Oliver's restaurant will be spread over three levels, with the bank's old ground floor banking hall, mezzanines antechambers in the old clerks' offices and the basement vault room all being transformed.
The diner opens this week in Manchester City Centre, next to the restaurant owned by Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand.
In a statement on his website, Oliver said: 'I've wanted to open a Jamie's Italian in Manchester for years but we've never found the right location, until now.
'It's going to be a wonderful place to eat and one of the jewels in the Jamie's Italian collection.'
Rare find: Master tapes from the British bands Joy Division (pictured) and New Order were discovered among the haul 
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