Salford Lads Club

January – May 2005

"Conviction", a Reds Production for the BBC, was filmed inside the club. It starts on 7th May 2005 and continues on Saturday evenings for the next few weeks. The club was used as the set for the police headquarters. We think most of the actors and crew were Smiths fans, as many of them went away wearing our 'Baden Powell to Morrissey' T shirts! 500 Smiths Fans visited the club last weekend (9th -10th April). Stephen Wright's photoshoot raised £652 for the Sue Rider cancer charity, the Moz Tou...

Smiths fan joins annual camp!

24 young people and 12 volunteer workers have set off on our annual camp holiday to Aberystwyth. This year the group includes Smiths fan Kevin Lloyd, whose role includes making a film of this year's event. This is the 101st year of camping trips made by SLC and these two pictures show the change in modes of transport. The picture from 1911 shows a group setting off from Oxford Street, opposite the front of the club - the charabanc only took them as far as the railway station. The picture fro...

Conviction screens on BBC2

"Conviction", a Reds Production for the BBC, was filmed inside the club. It starts on 7th May 2005 and continues on Saturday evenings for the next few weeks. The club was used as the set for the police headquarters. We think most of the actors and crew were Smiths fans, as many of them went away wearing our ‘Baden Powell to Morrissey’ T shirts! The BBC website for the programme can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/conviction.shtml