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 formed in early 1982 by Steven Patrick Morrissey, a writer who was a big fan of the New York Dolls and briefly fronted punk rock band The Nosebleeds ; and John Maher, a guitarist and songwriter.

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.

The sinister nature of the crimes was the subject of a song by The Smiths in 1984.

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

In 1825 South Stockton became the site of William Smiths pottery and the area quickly grew with the establishment of shipbuilding and engineering.

There are three approaches to Uki village ; from the North it is approximately 15 minutes by road south of the main township of Murwillumbah along the Kyogle Road and 4 km past the turnoff to the World Heritage listed Mount Warning National Park, from the South West along the Kyogle Road from Lismore, Kyogle and Nimbin and from the East along Smiths Creek Road linking Uki to the quaint village of Stokers Siding and the Tweed Valley Way to popular coastal towns including Brunswick Heads and Byron Bay.

In 2008, Smiths also remodeled the former Fred Meyer Store located at 500 East and 500 South in Salt Lake City, UT.

Formerly known as " Tees Tilery ", South Bank has a long history of steelmaking in the companies Bolckow Vaughan and Dorman Long, and shipbuilding in the famous Smiths Dock Company.

In 1907, Smiths Dock Company, a firm of shipbuilders from North Shields, set up part of its business on the River Tees at South Bank.

Fox also appeared as English valet Malcolm Meriweather on The Andy Griffith Show and in Knight Rider as Commander Smiths in season 2 episode 8.

Frank also appeared as a test card shown late at night on Channel M, where he and Little Frank ramble on and sing songs whilst framed in a parody of the classic Test Card F. On 6 March 2007, in an episode of the Podge and Rodge Show, he appeared in their ' Sham-Rock ' talent section, performing a medley of songs by The Smiths.

In 2007 they released the documentary DVD Inside the Smiths, a surprisingly affectionate memoir of their time with the band, notable for the absence of Marr, Morrissey, and their music.

The new company produced a well-made 9. 5 mm Prince camera made in England by Smiths Industries and a low-powered Princess projector, but the gauge was already doomed as a popular format, and in 1960 the firm went into liquidation.

Although the group began work with Tony Hoffer producing, the album was produced by Stephen Street ( The Smiths, Blur ).

In 2004, Coxon released his fifth solo album Happiness in Magazines, produced by ex-Blur and The Smiths producer Stephen Street.

The show was produced for six seasons by the Smiths ' production company, and aired on Hamilton, Ontario television station CHCH and other Canadian television stations through syndication.

They produced several tribute records, including the influential I'm Your Fan to Leonard Cohen in 1991, The Smiths is dead in 1996 and Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited in 2006.

Quavers are a British snack, originally made by Smiths, and now produced by Walkers.

He has since produced for Japan, The Smiths, Billy Bragg, School of Fish, B.

On return to Australia they recorded the album at Megaphone studios in Sydney with Australian producer Tim Whitten ( who produced albums by The Clouds, Powderfinger, Art of Fighting, The Go Betweens, The Necks, 78 Saab and worked in England with The Smiths ).

The It Girl, like the band's subsequent release Pleased to Meet You, was produced by Stephen Street who was then famous for his contributions to The Smiths, Morrissey and Blur, and is since renowned for his work with Kaiser Chiefs and others.

( Hands On and Mappamundi ) were both produced by Stephen Street, who had already produced records for The Smiths and Blur.

The group evolved from " The Smiths " ( not to be confused with later English band " The Smiths "), which featured two of the same members, and had attempted a hit single with " Now I Taste The Tears ", produced and arranged by Ron Budnik.

In 1946, Smiths and the Ingersoll Watch Company founded the Anglo-Celtic Watch Co. Ltd., which produced watches in Wales.