The Star and Garter
Bus
Buses 219, 220, 221 run along Fairfield Street and past the Star & Garter. Alternatively there is the free city centre bus which runs all day long to Manchester Piccadilly Station.
Metrolink
Take the Tram to Manchester Piccadilly Station and follow signs for Fairfield Street. Leave via this exit and turn left, The Star & Garter is right in front of you at the traffic lights.
Train
Make your way to the Fairfield Street Exit by following signs for the Taxi Rank and walk straight up Fairfield Street. The Star & Garter is stood approximately 200 yards from the taxi rank at the traffic lights.
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Smile
A collection of photos from our Smile event
Smile 13th Birthday
Photos from the 13th birthdayparty of Smile
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed.
Band of Gold (1995)
In Bradford, England, several desperate streetwalkers team up to run the business for themselves. They must deal with competition, mobsters, moralists, psychos and cops, but at least now they have each other and a plan. Scenes were filmed in the flat above the Star and Garter and sheets of thick glass were fitted to four windows to deaden the sound from Piccadilly Railway Station opposite. The scene starred Geraldine James and Samantha Morton.
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It's a Sin (2019)
A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS. Filmed inside and outside the building with Olly Alexander, Nathaniel Curtis, Omari Douglas, Lydia West, Neil Ashton, Callum Scott Howells, Nathan Sussex, Moya Brady
Band of Gold (1995)
"Carol focuses on recovering but she is still being stalked. Rose and Tracy's future plans and differing lifestyles clash in London." Filmed in the flat above the Star and Garter, with Geraldine James and Samantha Morton.
Cracker (1994)
Stuart Grady, a lonely factory foreman, befriends a young male employee and the disturbed runaway involves them both in murder. Filmed inside and outside the building with John Simm, Liam Cunningham, Paul Barber, Robbie Coltrane, Ricky Tomlinson, Wil Johnson, Geraldine Somerville, Robert Cavanah
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (1999)
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed. Filmed inside and outside the building with Ben Miller, Lewis McKenzie, Carl Chase
Funland
Filmed in 2004 in the gig room and flat with Daniel Mays, Kenny Doughty. Carter Krantz arrives in Blackpool to investigate who killed his mother. He gets a job in the local strip club. He soon realizes that the town has many dark secrets and that the killer may even be his boss - the club's owner.
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