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posted by davidt
on Wednesday August 08 2007, @09:00AM
Uncleskinny sends the link (original forum post, link provided by Kewpie):
Making tracks - The Guardian
Dusty's grave, Syd's house, that alley where Phil Daniels and Leslie Ash got it on in Quadrophenia: England is crisscrossed with a semi-secret network of rock shrines. Andrew Smith made the pilgrimage to eight of the most popular to experience their peculiar pull
Excerpt:
The Smiths and Salford Lads Club
The centre of Manchester hums with life, but as you head out to Salford, there's a dramatic change in the cityscape, as streets narrow, houses shrink, boards start to appear over windows. Suddenly people seem to be walking with less purpose and holding eye contact for longer.
As far as I can tell, Morrissey came to Salford Lads Club only once, to conduct a photo shoot for the classic Smiths' album The Queen Is Dead. The club was built by philanthropists in 1903 to help cater for an influx of youth attending construction of the Salford Docks. At the time, the area boasted the densest housing in the country, with one street alone claimed to have contained more than 300 children. It is said that the folk singer Ewan MacColl wrote Dirty Old Town with this place in mind.
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