One of Liverpool's oldest buying and selling warehouses is set to close this year, after more than 40 years in business.
International Buying & Selling (known as IBS) has been based on the dock road since opening many decades ago but now it's making way for a luxury four star hotel.
Over the years it has provided props to blockbuster films such as Captain America, featuring Chris Evans, and 51st State, starring Samuel L. Jackson, yet, many locals do not know exactly what's inside the weathered building.
Though is looks unlikely on the outside, inside customers can find a treasure trove of film and TV props and vintage furniture.
The aisles may not be as organised as ASDA's, instead some are like stepping back into the 70s and 80s, with corridors lined with retro tech including computers and fax machines.
Trinkets and furniture from Lewis' , Blacklers and Quiggins, among others, can be found from when warehouse manager, Malcolm Robson ripped them out and brought them to the warehouse.
Malcolm has worked at IBS almost all his life, after his father John Robson and his partner Brian Smith recruited him when he was just 16 years old. The business has stayed in the family ever since.
Malcolm, 58, from Orrel Park, told the ECHO the best part of his job was that he never knew where it would take him or what he would find.
He said: "I must have been in every office block in Liverpool and in the cellars. The Liver Buidlings, The Cunard, Port of Liverpool building, been up on the roof.
"We cleared out Owen Owen's Blacklers, when they shut down. I went into Lewis' on the fourth floor where they had the entire 50s cafe still in there and the same with the hairdressers, it had been left in tact, and it was all just there like a ghost."
Speaking about all the production companies that have bought from IBS over the years, Malcolm added: "Doctor Who, Little Boy Blue, The Bay...they just come in and just [take what they want.]
"There are a lot of cop filmers, generally, because they tend to [take] the 70s, 80s, cop programmes, so all the desking is ideal for that sort of thing."
Products available to buy at IBS mainly come from office and factory clearances conducted by IBS workers. Other items are recycling or sold to the warehouse by locals.
Malcolm told the ECHO that now the building has been sold and will be turned into a hotel, they will not be able to afford another property to house all the products.
Though an exact date has not been set for closure, Malcolm believes the warehouse will close in November.
There is currently a sale on all products, as everything in the warehouse must go. IBS is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm.
For more information, visit ibsrecycledfurniture.co.uk or call 0151 236 0342.
