Category: Events
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Celebrating young talent for Youth Day
To mark Youth Day 2024 we’re going to #makenoise and offer young people in Salford the chance to step into the spotlight! We’re calling all young performers to audition for our exciting Youth Talent Show taking place in our historic building on Wednesday 14 August. Whether it’s singing, dancing, music, comedy, sports skills or a…
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Launching our Legacy Fund… with an exclusive bucket hat competition!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new Legacy Fund. This initiative, made possible through donations and grants, will ensure young people’s continued support and enrichment, and preserve our grade II listed building on Coronation Street as part of the city’s working-class cultural heritage. To kick things off, all proceeds from the purchase of our…
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From Oscar Wilde to The Smiths
Salford Lads and Girls’ Club is hosting an evening dedicated to the 170th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s birth. The event also coincides with the 40th anniversary year of The Smith’s debut album, and 110 years since the debut of “Salome” by Miroslav Krleža, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s play. Lecturer and Croatian essayist Robertino Bartolec will present an introduction alongside…
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New digital screens for The Smiths Room
Since it opened nearly 20 years ago, The Smiths Room has fast filled up with memorabilia, messages and photos from people around the world – often who come especially to see the club and recreate the iconic image of the band outside the building from 1985. When the idea first started, Project Manager Leslie only…
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Young volunteers take to the skies
Young volunteers Jess and Blaine who help every Saturday at our open days, had an early morning flight, courtesy of Simulator Adventures, Salford Quays. They took control alongside pilot Alan. After the session they were back in time to help with Manchester Music Tours visitors. The photo shows Jess with senior club volunteer Dennis Lewtas,…
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Global Youth project visit to the club
“ To Brighten Young lives & Make Good Citizens” is our founding motto, so it was good to welcome a group from Nelson last night with very similar aims. Positive Voices is a global youth project from Marsden Heights Community School in Nelson working with year 10 students. The young people and youth leaders had…
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Record fair and Happy Mondays Exhibition
On Saturday we have a record fair and a display of Happy Mondays archive material, including a new video montage from original VHS recordings by the late Derek Ryder. The vidoe which is 1.1 hours long will be shown on 2 screens throughout the day from 10-3pm. Thanks to Linda Ryder and family for this…
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Salford Reds filmed at the club
Ahead of the Rugby League Grand Final on Saturday at Old Trafford 4 of the Salford Red Devils team came along to the club with Sky Sports. They were filmed in the boxing gym, main fooball gym and the Smiths room and of course on Coronation Street and in front of the Salford Lads Club…
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Noel Gallagher at Salford Lads Club
Noel Gallagher will be the special guest for a fundraising in-conversation event here on Friday 25th October. Salford University‘s Associate Dean, Kirsty Fairclough will be talking to Noel on stage Tickets will be available from Thursday 26th September from https://www.ticketweb.uk/…/an-evening-with-noel-gal…/9921775
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First view of SLC 1939 Camp in Colour
The entrance hall was transformed yesterday with filming for a series called “Thirties in Colour” with Brian and Leslie viewing and talking about the 1939 SLC camp film. Amazing to see this b/w footage in colour for the first time, the series will be shown on Channel 5.