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Last year Control was filmed on our street as Ian Curtis lived and died opposite our house, and it was used in the film. Great film it was too. I’d half expected to see Japanese tourists filing past the famed house, or maybe a blue plaque. I mean, Paul Young has a blue plaque outside the house where he used to live. But no, it’s just a small, innocuous terrace hidden away near Macc town centre.

Sadly, Ian’s grave hasn’t been left in such peace. As reported in the Machester Evening News, some sick, sad pillock has nicked his headstone!

Very. Sad.

Tags: ian curtis, macclesfield

Last week GastroGrrl and I went to see Control; a film we’ve been waiting to see for a long, long time as it was filmed on our street.

The Guardian has declared Control to be film of the year. That’s a big call, and I guess I can’t be objective, as I spent most of my time looking for shots of Macclesfield. That said, the film really is very good, and I can see Anton Corbijn winning best new Director, or Sam Riley winning best new actor in some film awards.

Go and see it, if only to see Macclesfield in all it’s industrial, northern, working-class glory. I’m not sure why Corbijn chose to use Ian Curtis’ real home and work-place for filming, but for all those Joy Division/Ian Curtis groupies who want to know exactly where it was located, here’s a Google Maps link to his old house.

Tags: control, ian curtis, joy division, macclesfield