Panic on the street of Manchester

My British Dreams come true! Setelah sarapan ala English Breakfast, gw menemani Alvin ke kantor pemerintahan. Dari situ baru lah dia menemani gw seharian mewujudkan my British Dreams : The Smiths obsession mulai 384 Kings Road, Salford Lads Club, Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Strangeway Prison. Alvin have no idea sama sekali tentang The Smiths or Morrissey. Jadi lah kita ngebolang bareng ke tempat-tempat bersejarah selama perjalanan musiknya The Smith. Di Manchester gw mengandalkan bus sebagai transportasi utama. Beli tiket bus jenis One Day Pass seharga 4 GBP untuk keliling kota. Di Manchester ini pertamanya gw cobain naik double decker. Seharian ini gw seneng banget karena satu-satu mimpi gw jadi kenyataan.

384 Kings Road is the house where the indie star Morrissey lived when he was young

"I was minding my business lifting some lead off the roof of The Holy Name church" - Vicar in a Tutu by The Smiths

The Smiths posed in front of the building for the inside cover of their album The Queen Is Dead

Known as Strangeways Prison. Its name being was used in last Smiths studio album Strangeways Here We Come

Morrissey and his friend Linder Sterling used to gravely read the stones and which inspired Cemetry Gates song

Southern Cemetery dibuka sejak tahun 1879 merupakan kuburan terbesar di UK dan terbesar kedua di Eropa. Letaknya di Chorlton dekat dengan rumah Alvin. Morrissey terinspirasi menulis lagu Cemetery Gates gara-gara main ke sini. Ada yang bilang "You really can tell the whole story of Manchester just in this beautiful cemetery." Di sini jadi tempat istirahat terakhir orang-orang terkenal, seperti football legends Sir Matt Busby dan Billy Meredith.


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RIFKA