Stretford
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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
Ian Curtis
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Ian Kevin Curtis was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead vocalist, songwriter, and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums Unknown Pleas
Stretford
…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) on a ford across the River Mersey…
Curtis performing in July 1979
Curtis's grave marker at Macclesfield Cemetery
Close-up of Curtis's gravestone
77 Barton Street, Macclesfield, seen here in 2008. The living room is to the right of the white front door and the kitchen, where Ian Curtis died, is behind the window to the left.