Category: Camping
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“Flanny” and “Torky”
The club lost two of its well-known and well-loved characters recently with the deaths of John Flannigan and John Torkington. Both were lads here in the early 1950s and continued to support the club for many years. 2005 SLC camp with “Flanny”, back row far left, Paddy Cook and “Torky” on the right in blue…
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Jim Houghton
Jim Houghton, one of the senior volunteers at the club, died suddenly last week. Jim had a long association with the club, joining as a 12 year old in 1946. He attended 5 annual camps between1949 –1954 and was an outstanding cricket player for the club.
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Archie meets his hero
Salford Lad and rugby league star Charlie Pawsey returned to the club yesterday . Charlie was captain of Leigh RLFC, an England star and also captained the Great Britain team on the tour of Australia in 1950. Archie, a life long fan of the game recalled Charlie’s exploits on the pitch for Leigh, England and…
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105 years ago Salford Lads’ Club set off for the first Whitsuntide camp
42 young people and volunteers set off for camp at 12.00 on Saturday, exactly 105 years after the club’s first Whitsuntide camp in 1904. Photographer Stephen Wright was on hand to record this historic event. The fatigue party were already in Aberystwyth, setting up the tents and the campsite. The party included veteran volunteers Eric…
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A TV at Camp!
The club set off today for the annual camp holiday to Aberystwyth in Wales with 30 lads and 20 adult volunteers. As well as the usual activities, like swimming, fishing, football, and an army assault course, watching TV will be an essential part of this years camp. The reason, is that everyone will be watching…
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Biggest SLC Camp in 20 years
A party of 40 set off today for the Annual Camp at Aberystwyth in North Wales, where the club have been camping since 1933. It’s the largest camp to take place at the club for 20 years. The second picture was taken earlier this week, showing young club members loading supplies for the week ahead.…
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Dinosaur Eggs at Salford Lads’ Club Camp
24 young people from Salford Lads’ Club set off for the Annual camp trip to Aberystwyth with 4 fake Dinosaur Eggs, which will be used during the egg and spoon race. The club had made a fruitless search of craft shops in Manchester and Salford looking for wooden eggs. Club leader Leon said ‘All we…
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Ghost Camp
From 18th June – 3rd July 2005 our concert hall will be transformed into a ghostly campsite by artist Leslie Holmes. The installation is based around the mysterious events of SLC’s wartime camping trip in 1940. The exhibition will be open to the public over 3 weekends: 18/19 June, 25/26 June and 2/3 July from…
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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…
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Mystery Picture
Mystery picture We’ve just found this photograph in the club archive. It’s from the Aberystwyth Camp in the mid 70s. Does anyone recognise the band? Paper Lace? Mud? Smokie?… Comments to info@salfordladsclub.org.uk