In an idea originated by the Smiths Potato Crisps Company Ltd, formed in 1920, Frank Smith originally packaged a twist of salt with his crisps in greaseproof paper bags, which were then sold around London.

The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982.

Although they had limited commercial success outside the UK while they were still together, and never released a single that charted higher than number 10 in their home country, The Smiths won a significant following, and remain cult and commercial favourites.

The Smiths were the subject of a South Bank Show documentary produced by LWT and broadcast by ITV on 18 October 1987, four months after their break-up and three weeks after the release of Strangeways.

In March 1989, Joyce and Rourke started legal proceedings against their former bandmates, arguing that they were equal partners in The Smiths and each entitled to a 25 percent share of the band's profits on all activities other than songwriting and publishing.

" To me, The Smiths were a beautiful thing and Johnny left it, and Mike has destroyed it.

Morrissey's lyrics, while superficially depressing, were often full of mordant humour ; John Peel remarked that The Smiths were one of the few bands capable of making him laugh out loud.

Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that as " the one truly vital voice of the ' 80s, The Smiths were the most influential British guitar group of the decade.

Yet even while leading bands from the Britpop movement were influenced by The Smiths, they were at odds with the " basic anti-establishment philosophies of Morrissey and The Smiths ", since Britpop " was an entirely commercial construct.

* In November 2006, the Smiths Falls production plant in Ontario, Canada temporarily shut down and several products were voluntarily recalled after concerns over salmonella contamination possibly found in soy lecithin within their production line.

During 1930, there were five families living on the shores of the lake year-round, the Waskeys, Polleys, Hansons, Yakos, and Smiths.

Smith had a good friend who suggested the name Smithville, but Smith thought that there were too many Smiths in the world, and instead chose to give the town his middle name.

They were scattered along the highway from Keese Mill and McColloms to Paul Smiths to Easy Street to the Split Rock Road and to Rainbow Lake and Jones Pond.

Two small communities were established: Mound City and a lower settlement sometimes referred to as Smiths Grove.

In 1844, Taylor was with church founder Joseph Smith, Jr., his brother Hyrum Smith, and fellow LDS leader Willard Richards in the Carthage, Illinois jail when the Smiths were killed by a mob.

At the request of Hyrum Smith ( Joseph Smith's brother ), he twice sang the song " A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief " in Carthage Jail just before the Smiths were killed.

He and his brother so distinguished themselves that their school-fellows signed a round-robin " refusing to try for the college prizes if the Smiths were allowed to contend for them any more ".

* The Smiths were due to release the single " Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before " around the time of the massacre.

" While Schultzberg was with the band, several early works were recorded, including their first 7 " single " Bruise Pristine ", the " Come Home " EP, the single version of " Nancy Boy " ( with B-sides " Slackerbitch ", " Miss Moneypenny ", and the Smiths cover " Bigmouth Strikes Again ") and their eponymous debut album.

Talking Heads, Queen, Joy Division, Magazine, Elvis Costello, The Smiths and Sonic Youth were early influences on Radiohead and Yorke.

" Blur formed as a result of seeing The Smiths on The South Bank Show in 1987.

* Johnny Marr-Influential musician, with Morrisey formed the Smiths, his parents were born in the Athy area, his mother from Castledermot and his father from Kilkea

Pretty Girls Make Graves was a post-punk band, formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths song of the same name ( which itself was named after a quote from Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums ).

Newcastle oldest rugby league football club " Western Suburbs ( NCLE ) Rosella's " was formed at Smiths Pub ( also known as " Snake Gully " and " Bar 121 ")

As early as 1985, " the Smiths had spawned a rash of soundalike bands, including James, who opened for the group on their spring 1985 tour ".

Through the end of 1991 and early 1992, Suede received a number of favourable mentions in the music press, garnering them slots at shows hosted by NME and attended by significant musical figures such as former Smiths singer Morrissey.

He reportedly regretted this decision later-but he was responsible for getting The Smiths their first session after witnessing an early concert.

Having enjoyed some success a number of indie acts were able to move into the mainstream, including early indie bands Aztec Camera, Orange Juice and The Smiths, followed by The Housemartins and James.

Goswell and Halstead had known each other since early childhood in Reading, Berkshire, when Goswell was an obsessive fan of The Smiths.

Recorded at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the album's sound drew comparisons to post-punk groups of the early 1980s and late 1970s, particularly Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen and The Smiths.

Having successfully promoted and sold records by punk, very early Indie Pop and early post punk bands such as Buzzcocks, The Smiths and Desperate Bicycles, Travis began to manage acts and distribute bands such as Scritti Politti and began the label, which was informed by left-wing politics and structured as a co-operative.

A 2001 article in the New Statesman claimed that in the early 1980s, the Smiths approached Hawtrey to sing on a new version of their debut single, " Hand in Glove ".

Johnny Marr ( The Smiths ), though normally opting for Rickenbackers and Telecasters in the studio, used a 355 fitted with a bigsby vibrato for most of his early live performances with the band.

Having enjoyed some success a number of indie acts were able to move into the mainstream, including early indie bands Aztec Camera, Orange Juice and The Smiths, followed by The Housemartins and James.

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, with its roots in Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early ' 80s ( Josef K and Orange Juice ) and the dominant UK independent band of the mid -' 80s, The Smiths.

Fitkin lists his early classical influences as Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, Pierre Boulez and the American minimalist Steve Reich, and also acknowledges a broad range of influences outside the field of classical music, from jazz musicians Keith Jarrett, Muggsy Spanier and Miles Davis, and popular singer Frank Sinatra, to modern pop groups such as The Smiths, Wire and the Pet Shop Boys.

WEA ( now the Warner Music Group ) had acquired the entire Smiths back catalogue in early 1992.

WEA ( now the Warner Music Group ) acquired the entire Smiths back catalogue in early 1992.

Other members included early Smiths producer Troy Tate.

* Read or listen to the Oral history of Paul Smiths in the late 19th early 20th Centuries

A replica carved by Robert Kerr of Smiths Falls was placed atop the Courthouse in 1982.

The Smiths had a son, Jackson ( born 1982 ), who is married to Meg White ( formerly of indie band the White Stripes ) and a daughter, Jesse ( born 1987 ) who is a pianist and has performed on stage with her mother.