Stretford is a market town in Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England, sited on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal; the Bridgewater Canal bisects the town. The town is
Trafford Town Hall in Stretford
Entrance to Trafford Park industrial estate
Stretford's town centre, showing Stretford Mall in the midground
Longford Cinema, May 2007
Steven Patrick Morrissey, mononymously known as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 198
Stretford
…philanthropist and Manchester's first multi-millionaire John Rylands, the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, the painter L. S. Lowry, Smiths singer Morrissey, Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, Bee Gees member Andy Gibb and Jay Kay of Jamiroquai. The origin of the name Stretford is "street" (Old English strǣt…
Morrissey idolised the American film actor James Dean and published a book about him.
A typical shirt worn on stage by Morrissey in the 1980s, on display at the Barcelona Hard Rock Café
In the 1990s, Morrissey sold out The Forum in Los Angeles in fifteen minutes.