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These are places I've visited

related to The Smiths  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site of their first gig

Profession : nightclub venue

Date : 4th October 1982

Address : Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 5NQ

 

 

 

 

Morrissey's childhood home

Profession : singer songwriter

Date : lived here from approximately 1969 to 1991

Address : 384, King's Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 8GW

 

 

 

 

 

Holy Name Church

Profession : mentioned in Vicar In a Tutu

Date : on The Queen Is Dead album released on 16th June 1986

Address : 339, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PG

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Cemetery gates

Profession : probable inspiration for Cemetry Gates song on The Queen Is Dead album

Date : song released in 1986

Address : Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hard, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

 

 

Salford Lads Club

Profession : inner sleeve for The Queen Is Dead album

Date : album released on 16th June 1986

Address : Salford Lads Club, St Ignatiuos Walk, Salford, Manchester, M5 3RX

 

 

 

 

 

Strangeways Prison

Profession : Inspiration for album by The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come

Date : [album released] September 1987

Address : 1, Southall Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M60 9AH

 

 

 

 

Andy Rourke grave

Profession : original bassist

From : 17th January 1964 to 19th May 2023

Age : 59

Death location : Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Cancer, 160 East 53rd Street, New York,

                                              United States Of America, 10022

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy,

                                  Greater Manchester, M21 7GL