September, 2005Archive for

BBC News, Salford Lads’ Club in The National Gallery

On the BBC news website yesterday was an item about Stephen Wright's iconic photograph of The Smiths.It has been selected to be part of the collection in the National Portrait Gallery in London. More details on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4241096.stm To see pictures of The Smiths by Stephen Wright go to: www.smithsphotos.com
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Open Day in October

On Saturday 15th October we will have a special open day, creating a giant drawing in the gym. This is one of the events in the Big Draw project that is taking place all over the country.We want to make a drawing of the area around the club including Coronation Street. The event is supported by Ordsall Community Arts and The New Barracks Tenants Management Co-operative. The Other Smiths are playing a gig at The Bury Met on Saturday night and they will be calling in to pose outside the entran...
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Heritage Open Days

The Club will be open to visitors on Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 11th September from 11am-4pm. We have a special exhibition of The Ghost Camp on show in the Concert Hall. The Smiths Room is open and has many more pictures since it first opened in June 2004.
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