Spike Island, Widnes
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Spike Island is a park in Widnes, Halton, North West England. It is an artificial island between the Sankey Canal and the estuary of the River Mersey containing parkland, woodland, wetlands and footpa
Spike Island viewed from the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre
Drawing of the island in 1875
View of the Sankey Canal from Spike island, circa 1900
The Catalyst Science Discovery Centre at Spike Island
The Stone Roses
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The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's classic and most
Spike Island, Widnes
…chemical factories remained, and from 1975 onwards the island was cleaned up and turned over to public recreation. A famous concert by the rock band the Stone Roses, subsequently the subject of an eponymous film (2012), took place on the island in May 1990. Spike Island is an artificial island created in 1833 when…
The Stone Roses in 2012 From left: John Squire, Mani, Ian Brown, Reni
The Stone Roses live in Dublin, Ireland, during their 2012 reunion tour